Wellcome to Taprobane Gems
Abundant, attractive, affordable
and colourful spinels are available in red, pink and blue colour and can
occasionally exhibit asterism and chatoyancy. Spinel is a gemstone found in
great abundance in Sri Lanka and until the rise of modern gemology in the 19th
and 20th Century spinels were often mistakenly identified as Corundums, as they
were mostly found in the same mine. Subsequent research into the mineral
composition of these two gem families led to their separation and many gem
enthusiasts finding that their beloved rubies and sapphires are in fact
spinels.
Natural spinel, however, has
always been a rare and beautiful gem. Sri Lanka is the second largest supplier
of spinel to the global gem and jewellery market with colours ranging from ruby
red, pink, orange, shades of reddish-brown, purple, blue, bluish-green, mauve,
greenish-black, black to colourless. The occurrence of natural blue spinel coloured
by cobalt has been found in Sri Lanka. Cobalt spinel has been found around
Ratnapura, Okkampitiya and Embilipitiya. Apart from the common varieties of
spinel are also varieties identified as Ceylonite, Gahnite and Ghanospinel.
| Brands | SPINEL |
| Color | PINK |
| Size | 24KT |
