Sphene

Sphene natural yellow-brown color with iridescent sparks.

In Ancient Egypt sphene endowed with magical properties. Their sacred animals - cats, Egyptians adorned collars, which were inserted spiny to protect them from any adversity.
As an amulet this stone was also used by priests in the Holy temple of the God RA, the sun God. Sphene glistened in the sunlight that seem to show that he keeps a piece of the sun God RA.

Sphene jewelry quality is quite rare. Now the main sources of this sphene are: Madagascar, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar (Burma), Brazil and the United States. Most of Spanov gem quality in the world market represented by the stones of Madagascar.