Min .40ct Mm Varies Oval Alexandrite With Erv $3,200.00 Item: A2V424
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Product Description for Min .40ct Mm Varies Oval Alexandrite With Erv $3,200.00Alexandrite 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 .40ct Mm Varies Oval Alexandrite With Erv $3,200.00
| Product Type: | Single Stone |
Primary Stone / Alexandrite
| Shape: | Oval | Composition: | Natural |
| Cut: | Brilliant | Treatment: | Untreated |
| Color: | Green | Gemstone Group: | Chrysoberyl |
| Dimensions: | Mixed Uncalibrated | Origin: | Brazil |
| Count: | 1.00 | Origin: | Brazil |
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Flawed but thinking of keeping,
April 29, 2008
MentalIndigestion
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"The is definatly NOt a vs or a vvs. It has a fracture that is visable to the naked eye. It extends abouyt 1/4 if the lenth but is to the side. It has a fantastic color change and I still might keep it."
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Squeaky
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"I was so looking forward to getting this stone but I was really disappointed. The quality of the stone was more of a SI than a VS. The stone was sent back and I'll just save a little more and get a VVS stone."
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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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