Black Spinel 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch Ocean Jasper Ocean Jasper is a commercial

Ocean Jasper is a commercial name for Orbicular Jasper

and forms within a host rock such as ironstone or sandstone

The stone was first discovered in Sweden in the 1830s

white and black

Note: Our 8-inch line of Lapis has had its color enhanced by dyeing

Black Spinel 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch Ocean Jasper Ocean Jasper is a commercialSpinel 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.