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Sensual Spinel Beads X 10! These are amazing faceted natural roundels!This is for 10 AAA VIBRANT SPINEL Beads! These magnificent rare beads will add a touch of glamor to any piece!!!! The color is top quality beautiful translucent Red Spinel! These beads are a once in a lifetime deal!!!Spinel was often miss-labeled as Ruby in the past and to this day there are Spinels labeled as Rubies in the British crown jewels. Both the Black Prince's Ruby on the front of the imperial state crown and the Timur Ruby are actually SPINEL!!.The transparent red spinels were called spinel-rubies[11] or balas rubies.[12] In the past, before the arrival of modern science, spinels and rubies were equally known as rubies. After the 18th century the word ruby was only used for the red gem variety of the mineral corundum and the word spinel came to be used.[13] "Balas" is derived from Balascia, the ancient name for Badakhshan, a region in central Asia situated in the upper valley of the Panj River, one of the p