Min 8.00ct 14x14mm Trillion Russian Lab Alexandrite Item: RAT140A
JTV Price: $159.99Price: $76.32 You Save: 52%
Product Description for Min 8.00ct 14x14mm Trillion Russian Lab Alexandritemin 8.00ct 14x14mm trillion russian lab created color change alexandrite.
Product Information for Min 8.00ct 14x14mm Trillion Russian Lab Alexandrite
| Product Type: | Single Stone |
Primary Stone / Alexandrite
| Shape: | Trillion | Composition: | Synthetic |
| Cut: | Mixed Cuts | Treatment: | Untreated |
| Color: | Green | Gemstone Group: | Chrysoberyl |
| Dimensions: | 14 MM - Calibrated | Optical Properties: | Color Change |
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Good, but not as expected....,
June 22, 2008
BengalCatMom
, Virginia
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"I bought this and was excited to own my first Alexandrite. The stone does change color as described, but you had better be in some VERY bright light (either natural or artificial) to really see the color change. I was going to have mine made into a pendant, but struggled to see the color changes unless I held it up to the light. I sent mine back."
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Very Nice,
May 7, 2008
SVee
, Montgomery, TX
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"This is a lovely stone. Mine weighed in at 11.1ct."
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Lab Alex's rock!,
April 19, 2008
alienblight
, out west
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"Another beautiful Lab Alex for my collection. Weighed in at 12.38 ct (for real!). I have found that all of the lab alex's I have purchased from JTV have weighed well over the minimum, have 100% color change, are cut and polished beautifully, and this one is no exception."
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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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