What is spinel used for?
The only significant use of spinel is as a gemstone. However, in that use it is spectacular. Spinel excels in color, luster, hardness, and durability. It is appropriate for almost any use in jewelry.
What powers does spinel have?
Unique Abilities
Elasticity: Similarly to old-fashioned cartoons, Spinel is extremely elastic and malleable, able to stretch her limbs and torso to great lengths and inflate body parts to strengthen her attacks. She uses this to increase the range of her attacks, able to reach enemies from a distance.
Is spinel a good stone?
Like ruby, spinel is found in alluvial deposits; it ranks 8 on the Mohs scale and has good toughness, making it a durable gem for jewelry. Well-formed spinel crystals are in high demand among mineral collectors.
Are spinels heat treated?
In contrast to corundum, for which heat treatment is highly effective to improve colour and clarity and thus applied on large numbers of stones, heated spinels are still very scarcely found in the market.
What is normal spinel?
Normal spinel structures are usually cubic close-packed oxides with eight tetrahedral and four octahedral sites per formula unit. The tetrahedral spaces are smaller than the octahedral spaces. B ions occupy half the octahedral holes, while A ions occupy one-eighth of the tetrahedral holes.
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