A Spican flame gem was a low value gemstone.
In 2268, Cyrano Jones failed in an attempt to sell flame gems, along with Antarean glow water, to a bartender on Deep Space Station K-7. (TOS: "The Trouble with Tribbles", DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations")
Jones would later attempt to sell some of the same flame gems to Captain Kirk in 2269 with similar results. (TAS: "More Tribbles, More Troubles")
There is a real star named Spica. It is depicted by the Star Trek: Star Charts ("United Federation of Planets I", "United Federation of Planets II") and Stellar Cartography: The Starfleet Reference Library ("Federation Historical Highlights, 2161-2385") as being a B-class star in the Beta Quadrant. In 2378, Spica was listed as a Federation member.
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- Spican flame gem at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works