[Source] Synthetic spinel

Does anybody out there have a source for the synthetic spinel that
is used for making caps for opal triplets?

Does anybody out there have a source for the synthetic spinel that
is used for making caps for opal triplets? 

Try Morion http://www.morioncompany.com/FlamefusionSpinels.htm
$0.65/gram in small quantities, $450.00/kilo.

Quartz is even cheaper.

Al Balmer
Sun City, AZ