Synthetic flux-grown spinel, magnesium aluminum oxide + chromium, 25 mm tall, grown for research purposes in the early 1970s. Many of the gemstones in use today have synthetic counterparts. Some of them (such as ruby) were first produced more than a century ago. The term homocreate is correctly used with reference to laboratory products that have naturally occurring mineral analogs. Modern factories employ a variety of methods for growing crystals. The ones grown from a flux (molten chemical of some kind) typically show the same morphology as their natural counterparts, vividly true in the case of both garnets and spinel. #www.joelarem.com#crystals#laboratory#synthetics#syntheticgems#fluxgrowth#gemstones#beauty#nature#technology#science#spinel
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