Spinel - Meaning, Healing Properties, Power, Mythology, History And Myths

The beneficial qualities that Spinel possesses are:

1. Physical Healer

Pink Spinel is regarded as a treatment of physical fatigue and helps the wearer to overcome it. Spinel averts anxiety and nervousness and trims down physical swelling and soreness. Spinel is considered to improve the recovery of many ailments, like problems in bones, joints, and muscles. Spinel is also beneficial in treating teeth, spine, gums, and the whole body. It heals cancer, maintains the body weight, and increases endurance and physical power.

1. Emotional Healer

Spinel is considered a savior from stress, mental tension, and depression. It helps to invigorate and rejuvenate the body time and again due to which the wearer feels fresh and active. It induces will, hope, and purpose and encourages the wearer to overcome all the obstacles. A peach colored Spinel is excellent in building the self-esteem of the wearer and is also thought to diminish criticism towards others. 

1. Spiritual Healer

Spinel is used in the mental sphere of logical power and to help out in reducing or eliminating absent-mindedness. It helps in bringing the energy inside the body and cleansing the aura of the body. Violet Spinel is largely associated with the development of spirituality.

1. Heals and Balances Chakra

Red colored Spinel is associated with heart and root chakra. Root or base chakra gives the wearer the sense of stability and safety and keeps him grounded. Red stones are considered amazing for clearing and unblocking root chakra. The cleansing of the heart chakra is also equally important to allow the person to open up to the outer world. An unblocked heart chakra is great for those who are very sensitive at heart. They get depressed and sad very easily. A red colored Spinel will help them in overcoming such negativities. 

A blue colored Spinel opens the third eye chakra allowing the wearer to open his mind towards welcoming novelties of life.

Yellow Spinel is linked largely with solar plexus chakra and helps the one who wears it to remain mentally focused towards accomplishing things. It is the gemstone for those with low confidence and self-esteem as it encourages a stronger conviction in one’s personal abilities.

Spinel is the member of the magnesium aluminium mineral group. Its rose tinted variety was known as Balas Ruby in earlier times. The crystallization of Spinel is done in the isometric system, commonly forming twinned octahedral. The hardness of Spinel is 8 on the Moh’s scale, which determines that it is solid in its texture and formation.

The crimson or blood red variety of Spinel is often called as Ruby Spinel and is considered as the most valued form of this stone. It is also a very good alternative for Ruby. There is another variety of Spinel also, which is opaque and black known as Pleonast. It has an excellent gleam, and can be used as an alternative for any black gemstone.