Min 2.75ct 10x8mm Fancy Shape Russian Lab Created Alexandrite Item: RAB1080A
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Product Description for Min 2.75ct 10x8mm Fancy Shape Russian Lab Created AlexandriteAlexandrite is a phenomenal gem known as "emerald by day, ruby by night" because it changes color from green in fluorescent and daylight to red in incandescent light. Ranking 8.5 on Mohs' scale, it's ideal for daily wear. Discovered in 1830 in emerald mines of Russia's Ural Mountains, it was named for Czar Alexander II. Found in Brazil, Sri Lanka, and Tanzania, alexandrite only forms when aluminum/beryllium and chrome (which rarely occurs in nature) come together, accounting for its rarity.
Product Information for Min 2.75ct 10x8mm Fancy Shape Russian Lab Created Alexandrite
| Product Type: | Single Stone |
Primary Stone / Alexandrite
| Shape: | Fancy | Composition: | Synthetic |
| Cut: | Barion | Treatment: | Untreated |
| Color: | Green | Gemstone Group: | Chrysoberyl |
| Dimensions: | 10X8 MM - Not Calibrated | Origin: | Russia |
| Count: | 1.00 | Origin: | Russia |
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Deep sea blue,
June 6, 2008
BabyBlue
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"Beautiful cut stone and the color is a deep sea blue. May not keep just do to a sale with larger stones available for the same price."
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BEAUTIFUL!!!!,
February 17, 2008
Runweeki
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"I have never purchased a lab created stone before. But this Alexandrite is GORGEOUS! The color change is wonderful. If you really want an Alexandrite but you can't but the real thing I would highly recommend this stone."
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Love this Gem,
January 13, 2008
VTjtvjunkie
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"I look at this stone and can't believe how beautiful it is. Every which way I turn it, I see more beautiful colors than before. It is so dark, yet full of rich colors when the light hits it. I love the Barion cut, it is just a little different from all the rest, more corners for the color to escape through. Love this Gem!!"
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 home learning library alexandrite
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Fast Facts
| A member of the Chrysoberyl family, alexandrite holds a prized and highly priced position among jewelry and gem collectors. |
| A color change stone, alexandrite can appear green in daylight and change to a raspberry color in incandescent light, but other color changes are also highly prized. |
| Alexandrite was discovered in 1830 in the Ural Mountains on the day Czar Alexander II came of age, and thus the stones were named in his honor. |
 The primary sources for alexandrite are Sri Lanka, Brazil, Burma (Myanmar), Madagascar and Russia.
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Alexandrite is a highly prized variety of chrysoberyl. Alexandrite only forms when aluminum/beryllium and chrome (which rarely occurs in nature) come together, accounting for its rarity. On Mohs’ scale of hardness, alexandrite is 8.5. It has a strong vitreous luster and primary sources include Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, and Brazil (Minas Gerais).
Color
Alexandrite is typically found in blue, blue-green, and brownish-green shades. However, this phenomenal gem is known as "emerald by day, ruby by night" because of its ability to change color, depending on the type of light in which it's viewed. In the daylight and fluorescent light, alexandrite appears in shades of blue and green, but in tungsten (incandescent) light, it appears in shades of red. Other alexandrite color changes are possible (from blue to purple, from greenish blue to reddish blue, from brownish-green to brownish-red, etc.) and also highly prized.
   
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