Red is the colour of danger and allure, of mischief and passion. On the catwalk, it is the colour of the season, and in jewellery circles its burning intensity is inspiring adoration. The fiery red of ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Private jeweller Lauren Adriana has used spinels in her designs since launching her business a decade ago, but ...

Ruby-red spinel with 400-year-old engravings, reportedly discovered near Leicestershire railway track, to go on sale For a few days in the 1920s, according to a cutting from a local paper in ...

Stories behind The Hope Spinel, The Black Prince Ruby, The Timur Ruby, Catherine the Great Spinel and the Austrian Imperial Crown Spinel Regarded as one of the “big four” in fine jewels, the ruby ...

The Hope Spinel set a new world record at Bonhams September 24 Fine Jewelry sale in London. It sold for £962,500 (US$ 1,470,724). (Photo: Bonhams) Move over ruby, there’s another red gem in town ...