Multi Spinel 3mm Table Cut Cube - AA Grade - 15-16 Inch R0084 but rather a speckled teal

but rather a speckled teal Jasper found in Africa and often treated to simulate the beautiful blue-green associated with true Turquoise

and used it to create amulets to be buried with the deceased

Turquoise is known for it's strength and protection attributes - dating back to ancient Egyptian amulets

The mines these stones are sourced from are primarily copper mines

Multi Spinel 3mm Table Cut Cube - AA Grade - 15-16 Inch R0084 but rather a speckled tealSpinel is a hard vitreous magnesium aluminum oxide, and comes in a range of other colors, but those varieties are transparent. Black Spinel not only has the dark color, but it is opaque as well, rendering its black especially deep and mysterious. Sometimes called the "Black Prince's Ruby" for its role in the English crown. It has been mistaken for ruby and sapphire at times, but can be distinguished by its structure and its lower relative hardness.