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A Brief Overview on Alexandrite Gem

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  Alexandrite Gemstone is considered one of the world’s highest-valued gemstones. It is quite rare in occurrence and has its unique characteristics of changing color in natural light and shade. Alexandrite Birthstone has a variety of chrysoberyl gemstones and is widely known as the cat’s eye. It is the stone for the month of June and also the 55th anniversary stone of marriage. If you were born in June then you have not only one but have two birthstones to choose from. It is a very extraordinary gemstone. It is also believed that it is the stone of Friday’s child. In this article read about the timeless beauty of Alexandrite Gem. Alexandrite Gemstone Origin & its Composition Alexandrite Gemstone  is a rare gemstone due to its color-changing variety because of the mineral Chrysoberyl. This gemstone changes its color according to changes in light. The color appears as a greenish-blue to yellow-green in the natural daylight. It is every so often described as emerald...

Brilliance of Alexandrite gemstone

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Since ages, people have been wearing stone studded ornaments like rings, necklaces, wrist bands or pendants etc. for various purposes. Generally, people wear stone on the advice of their astrologists, as per their birth sign or for aesthetic purposes. As such there are numerous good looking and valuable gems that people wear such as Pearl, Diamond, Ruby, Emerald, Sapphire, Alexandrite and Opal besides many others. Although every precious or non-precious gem has its own importance, value and a place in ornamental jewelry yet when it comes to rare gems, Alexandrite occupies a special place. The rare gem Alexandrite is a color changing variety chrysoberyl and is rated very high among rarest gemstones in the world. How Alexandrite changes its color? Often, due to its ability to change color, Alexandrite gemstone is described as an emerald by day and a ruby by night. During day time, under sunlight, Alexandrite turns bluish green and when placed under luminescent light, it a...