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Mahengai spinel
Mahenge spinel, from Tanzania, is a pink spinel with a neon look.
The high-quality Mahenge spinel is a brilliant pink color, and its color ranges from pink to red, gathering red, purple, pink, pink orange, orange pink, orange red, reddish orange tones, with top electric light colors. One of the most expensive is a bright pink or red pink with 'Vibrant'.
As one of the four famous names in spinel, the most attractive thing about Mahengai spinel is the beauty of the special crystals brought about by the rare velvet light/velvet light.
The basic properties of spinel
Spinel is a beautiful and durable gemstone with a hardness of 8 and a refractive index close to that of ruby.
The main component of spinel is "magnesium aluminum oxide" (MgOAl2O3), and the common colors are colorless, pink, orange, red, blue, purple and black.
There are two well-known sources of the highest quality spinel, one for the Man Sin mine in Myanmar and the other for the Mahenge mine in Tanzania.
The color and elements of spinel
Red is considered the highest quality color for spinel because it is most similar to ruby.
Red spinel is mainly colored by "chromium" (Cr), while blue spinel may be colored by "iron" (Fe) and "potassium" (K).
The first discovery of Mahengai spinel
Spinel was first discovered in the Mahenge mine in southeastern Tanzania in the 1980s, taking its name from the town of Mahenge. After being discovered, due to its beauty and rarity, it continued to heat up.
Map of Tanzania's major gem mining areas
In 2004, Mahenga spinel became famous at the Tucson International Jewelry Show in the United States, and its popularity has since become higher and higher.
Rough spinel from Mahengai
In 2007, huge high-quality red spinel crystals were discovered at the Mahengai mine, once again becoming a popular red spinel producing area.
Spinel found in the Lukande mine in the Mahangai region, relatively large. Spinel found in the Lukande mine in the Mahangai region, relatively large.
The discovery of Mahenga spinel shocked the entire gem world and made the eyes of the whole world gather here.
Its very bright neon luster is something that no other gemstone has ever seen, which also makes Mahengai spinel famous.
Mahenge Spinel
Nowadays, "Mahengai spinel" not only represents the spinel produced in the Mahengai region, but also has become synonymous with high-quality spinel in Tanzania. The price of Mahengai spinel has risen repeatedly and has become the object of people's pursuit.
The Mahengai mine has been largely depleted
Due to the perennial mining in the Mahengai mine, spinel production is now close to exhaustion, but the market demand is still very large.
Mahengai Mining Area
Of course, there are many other places in the world that also produce spinel, but everyone still recognizes Mahengai spinel, because the high-quality Mahengai spinel produced here has a charming neon electric light after cutting, which is not found in other regions.
A few years before the discovery of the mine, the best Mahengai spinel was snatched up by the international market as soon as it came out.
Mahenge spinel inclusions inside
Mahengai spinel is favored by international brands
Due to the gradual heat of the Market for Mahengai Spinel, first-tier international top jewelry brands have begun to apply Mahengai Spinel to their jewelry.
Mahenge spinel rough
For example: Harry Winston Harry Winston, Graff Graff and Cartier Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels Van Cleef & Arpels, Tiffany & Co, etc.
Van Cleef & Arpels The Seven Seas Fine Jewelry Collection
Van Cleef & Arpels Pierres de Caractère fine jewellery collection
Tiffany Blue Book Frame pink spinel ring
Piaget Count Sun Gleam pink spinel ring
Tiffany & Co Mahenge spinel ring
Harry Winston Candy Series Pillar Center Stone is made of Mahengai spinel
Graff Mahenge spinel ring
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