Spinel is a mineral composed of magnesium and aluminum oxides, because it contains magnesium, iron, zinc, manganese and other elements, they can be divided into many kinds, such as aluminum magnesium spinel, aluminum spinel, iron spinel, zinc spinel, manganese spinel, chromium spinel and so on. Spinel can not only be used in chemical industry, but also can be made into jewelry. Because it contains different elements, different spinel can have different colors, such as magnesium spinel in red, blue, green, brown or colorless between; Zinc spinel is dark green; Iron spinel is black and so on.

Spinel is a hard glassy octahedron or particle and block. They occur in igneous rocks, granitic pegmatite, and metamorphic limestone. Some clear and beautiful colored spinels can be used as gems, and some as magnetic materials containing iron. More than 200 spinel varieties have been produced by artificial methods.

Spinel cleaning method thorough cleaning method:

Fill a small bowl or tea cup with warm water after the salt has been dissolved and soak 10 grams each time for 24 hours. Finally wipe dry with a soft lint-free cloth. Imperial guard salt cleaning has a great impact on the artificial treatment of spinel, will let the artificial treatment of the part. It doesn't affect the natural part. Moreover, cleaning the spinel with imperial guard salt every month can eliminate the dead skin tissue on the ring to avoid the breeding of fungi and prevent the occurrence of skin diseases.

Cold water immersion method:

Use a small bowl or tea cup, put the royal guard salt in the bowl, soak the spinel in water for about 30 minutes, then use a small brush, gently scrub the spinel around, then wave in the water for a while, take out and wipe with a paper towel.

Quick cleaning method:

Buy a little imperial guard salt and bury the crystal stone to purify it. It takes 24 hours to bury each time. One disadvantage of this is that if the salt is processed manually, the artificial processing part will appear. So if it's a hand treated spinel you can't use imperial guard salt.

Spinel wear and maintenance

1, timely take off, is maintenance

The correct wear spinel should be diligently replaced or removed, it is better to take it off when washing hands, many soap contains different degrees of alkaline substances, accumulated over time for the more fragile gems will cause a kind of damage, and the soap in the soap is also easy to card in the ring in the seam, thus greatly affecting the luster and brightness of the gem. Taking a bath, doing housework, swimming, etc., also easy to make the gem collision and injury.

2. Pay attention to acid and alkaline substances

Some substances that come into contact with daily life or food contain different concentrations of acids or bases, and these different concentrations of acid and base chemicals may damage gemstones. The use of cosmetics in daily life should try to avoid contamination with spinel.

3. Check ornaments regularly

Check regularly whether the stone is firm and not loose? Clip earrings in the middle of the elastic card lock is reduced, screw contact is bad and so on.

4. Avoid collisions

Most gemstones are brittle, so stones of different hardness should not be kept together to avoid rubbing against each other.