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Spinel
Spinel Spi*nel", Spinelle Spi*nelle", n. [F. spinelle, or
LL. spinellus, perhaps from L. spina a thorn, a prickle, in
allusion to its pointed crystals.] (Min.)
A mineral occuring in octahedrons of great hardness and
various colors, as red, green, blue, brown, and black, the
red variety being the gem spinel ruby. It consist essentially
of alumina and magnesia, but commonly contains iron and
sometimes also chromium.
Note: The spinel group includes spinel proper, also
magnetite, chromite, franklinite, gahnite, etc., all of
which may be regarded as composed of a sesquioxide and
a protoxide in equal proportions.
Spinel
Spinel Spin"el, n.
Bleached yarn in making the linen tape called inkle;
unwrought inkle. --Knight.
Meaning of Spinel from wikipedia
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Spinel (/
spɪˈnɛl, ˈspɪnəl/) is the magnesium/aluminium
member of the
larger spinel group of minerals. It has the
formula MgAl 2O 4 in the
cubic crystal...
- The
Samarian Spinel is a 500-carat (100 g)
spinel gemstone that is the
largest of its kind in the world. It is part of the
Iranian Crown Jewels. It and...
- The
spinels are any of a
class of
minerals of
general formulation AB 2X 4
which crystallise in the
cubic (isometric)
crystal system, with the X anions...
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Spinelly is a surname.
Notable people with the
surname include: Andrée
Spinelly (1877–1966),
French actress Thomas Spinelly,
English diplomat Spinelli...
- 2016, the
American Gem
Trade ****ociation and
Jewelers of
America added spinel as an
additional birthstone for August. Britain's
National ****ociation of...
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Black Prince's Ruby in the
British Imperial State Crown, are
actually spinels.
These were once
known as "Balas rubies". The
quality of a ruby is determined...
- The
Black Prince's Ruby is a large,
irregular cabochon red
spinel weighing 170
carats (34 g) set in the
cross pattée
above the
Cullinan II
diamond at the...
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project them onto others. The main
antagonist of
Steven Universe: The Movie,
Spinel (voiced by
Sarah Stiles) was
created to be Pink Diamond's
playmate on Homeworld...
- and did not want
Spinel to join her, she
tricked Spinel into "playing a game", in
which Spinel was to
stand frozen in the garden.
Spinel was left alone...
- stone. Most
pieces of the gem,
prior to Taaffe, had been
misidentified as
spinel. For many
years afterwards, it was
known only in a few samples, and it is...
