Alexandrite (Chrysoberyl)
Alexandrite (Chrysoberyl)
Alexandrite (Chrysoberyl)
Alexandrite (Chrysoberyl)

Alexandrite (Chrysoberyl)

€15,00
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SKU: A400
Magara mine, Lake Manyara, Arusha Region, Tanzania
On our last trip, despite several inquiries and research, we only received a single small lot of the material from Magara. Small Alexandrite with some crystal faces and very good transparency. Very nice pleochroism (blue-green --> yellow), the color change is clearly visible.
0.5x0.5x0.3 cm
0.15 g

Alexandrite is the color-changing variety of the already rare Chrysoberyl. This extraordinary phenomenon, the Alexandrite effect named after it, causes the stone to sparkle in a blue to green color in daylight, but in a deep red color in artificial light. This and generally its excellent properties make it a very sought-after and valuable gemstone in good quality. Chrysoberyl often produces excellent twins, a specialty being the cyclic rotation triplets. The best-known deposits are in Russia, Sri Lanka and Tanzania.