Multi Spinel 3mm Banded Faceted Round - 15-16 Inch Stone Type_Coral Rhodochrosite has a pearly luster

Rhodochrosite has a pearly luster and often displays banded patterning

and is a result of trace amounts of copper or chromium

although the colors are much more muted

honey or brown

is a calcium aluminium hydroxy sorosilicate belonging to the epidote group of minerals

Multi Spinel 3mm Banded Faceted Round - 15-16 Inch Stone Type_Coral Rhodochrosite has a pearly lusterSpinel 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.