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Black,Blue and Violet Spinel Gallery

March 19, 2008 – 12:33 pm

Large Oval Cut Bluish Black Ceylon Faceted Spinel

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Faceted Bluish Black Spinel Of Ceylon Origin

 

By Dr Shihaan Larif | Also posted in Gemstone Gallery | Comments (1)

Red Spinel Gallery

March 17, 2008 – 10:14 am

Oval Cut Ceylon Red Spinel Gemstone

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Another Oval Cut Ceylon Red Spinel Gemstone

 

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Catherine The Great’s Ruby

February 29, 2008 – 1:18 pm

Origin of Name The Catherine the Great’s Ruby is the 398.72-carat “ruby”  that is mounted on top of the Great Imperial Crown of Russia, that was  designed and constructed for the coronation of Catherine the Great in 1762. The Great Imperial Crown was used for the coronation of all Czars after Catherine the Great, up [...]

By Dr Shihaan Larif | Also posted in Famous Gemstones, Ruby | Comments (2)

Samarian Spinel

February 28, 2008 – 5:20 am

Origin of Name

The Samarian Spinel gets its name from the ancient Hebrew city of Samaria,  in central Palestine, presently situated in northwest Jordan. The city was built in the 9th century B.C. as the capital of the northern Hebrew kingdom of Israel, also…

By Dr Shihaan Larif | Also posted in Famous Gemstones | Comments (1)