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Gem Blast: Red Spinel Melee

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Bringing in the New Year with a bright bang! Here are some red spinel melee! I’ve had plans for these little guys for years, but they WILL be set in 2015. Famous last words. Hah!

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I bought these stones with my husband after a great Vietnamese lunch. We popped over to the local gem store and I spotted these beauties. He keeps asking me why I haven’t set them yet, and I don’t have an answer besides that I haven’t gotten to it yet.

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They are mostly red or red-pink, and really remind me of the color of Maraschino cherries as a group. Some are more pink, and some are more red. Since spinels are so rare, I accept their differences. Once set, I doubt the color differences will be noticeable.

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Taking these photos allows me to see and appreciate the variations in color and cut. Each stone is special in it’s own way.

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There is something so satisfying to me about tossing little stones around like confetti and taking pictures of them. I love capturing their tiny details, even more so than larger stones.

6 responses to “Gem Blast: Red Spinel Melee”

  1. gingercurls10 Avatar
    gingercurls10

    Great post and awesome photos as always! I cannot wait to see what you do with them. Do you think that you will use them all for one project/piece or do you think that they will be used in multiple applications?

    -gingercurls10
    http://thegemandi.wordpress.com

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    1. grayspinel Avatar
      grayspinel

      Thanks! I’ve always planned on making a band with them, but I recently came up with a second parcel, so now I am really not sure what to do with so many little guys. If the second parcel is matched well enough, I might make two bands instead of just one! Or something else, they’d be cool as accent stones, and I have a bunch of rubies and red spinels I really need to do something with. Too much red suddenly!

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    gingercurls10

    Reblogged this on The Gem and I and commented:
    Gorgeous pictures and informative content!

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  3. Red Spinel | The Gemstone Project

    […] and I swear it is on my list to get mine from my gem store set sooner rather than later. I said in this post that I would set them in 2015. We’ll see how the year progresses, but at this point […]

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  4. Pregcurious Avatar
    Pregcurious

    Can you tell us where you found the red spinel melee? I may need some next year for a pendant project.

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    1. grayspinel Avatar
      grayspinel

      I actually bought everything that was in the store, because it was so unexpected and I didn’t figure I’d come across it again! I have two parcels, one that’s currently in my etsy shop and one that I’m going to use for a band eventually. I had divided it into 3 parcels and sold one a few years ago, reserved one for myself and the other is listed here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/222956273/parcel-red-spinel-melee-rounds?ref=shop_home_active_18

      I know there are more out there, it’s just a matter of finding them. Let me know if you need help!

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