Approx 4ct no heat Burma spinel red with pink undertones pricing

[dk168]

@Avondale thanks for that!

DK

 

[lizzydm26]

Do you mean this pear: https://www.finewatergems.com/store/p883/2.03ctMahengeSpinel.html

If yes, it went here: https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/red-spinel-and-a-small-surface-table-inclusion.281516/

@lizzydm26 The above thread discusses a bit of pricing in spinel, so if you haven't come across it, I believe it will be useful to you.

From what I know, spinels aren't heated as the process doesn't really do anything for them. I imagine since heating is such a common treatment for many other gems, vendors prefer to state "unheated" when listing their spinels.

What does happen to spinels, though, is oiling, and that one often comes undisclosed. From what I understand it's also a treatment commonly missed by small local asian labs, so that's one thing to consider when buying from etsy or IG. Another is that these places have a higher concentration of sellers who would rather not disclose clarity issues. The price is lower, but it's only worth it if clarity isn't a top priority for you.

Thank you for all the info! I will definitely check out that thread.

Interesting info on heating vs oiling. I didn’t know spinels were not commonly heated.