Kanchanaburi
is famous for the mining of black spinel
which is locally called
nin
or
nintakoh.
Black spinel is
sometimes sold under the misleading name black onyx.
However,
it has a hardness of only 6.5 to 7.0 and is therefore
more susceptible to damage, and thus inferior for use in
jewellery.
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