It's a pretty important news:
http://www.gemresearch.ch/news/2015-09-09_SyntheticSpinel/Spinel_New_Synthetic.pdf
New synthetics spinels... pinkish red, lavender, violetish, color-change. A bit scary.
Edit : "A new type of spinel enters the market with RI and crystallinity corresponding to natural spinels."
http://www.gemresearch.ch/news/2015-09-09_SyntheticSpinel/Spinel_New_Synthetic.pdf
New synthetics spinels... pinkish red, lavender, violetish, color-change. A bit scary.
Edit : "A new type of spinel enters the market with RI and crystallinity corresponding to natural spinels."