Enhancements
White Spinel is not enhanced.
More information on gemstone enhancements.
White Spinel ...
Synthetic white spinel, made from the Verneuil flame-fusion process is also used as a substitute for small diamonds in multiple gem settings; moreover, it is singly refractive. But it gives a Refractometer reading of 1.
Octahedral White Spinel (center), Diamond Rough (right)
14. Pincoid Crystal Habit
Pincoid (Prismatic) Aquamarine (center), Emerald (right) ...
A natural gemstone which occurs in many colours. Synthetic white spinel was often used in the past as a diamond substitute.
Spotted ...
(Also placed in this category are those created materials which are accurate copies of natural gems, except that they are produced in colors not found in Nature. Examples would be blue quartz, and white spinel-->except for color, ...
It may be colorless, but is usually various shades of red, blue, green, yellow, brown or black. There is a unique natural white spinel, now lost, that surfaced briefly in what is now Sri Lanka.
 See also: Spinel, Gemstone, Stone, Crystal, Perfect
  
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