[ăĺĭg-zăńdrīt́]
(n.)A greenish chrysoberyl that appears red in artificial light, used as a gemstone.
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Although alexandrite is a relatively young gemstone, it certainly has a noble history. Since it shows both red and green, the principal colours of old Imperial Russia, it inevitably became the national stone of tsarist Russia.
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Chrysoberyl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The mineral or gemstone chrysoberyl , not to be confused with beryl, is an aluminate of beryllium with the formula BeAl 2 O 4 . The name chrysoberyl is derived from the Greek words chrysos and...
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Natural Alexandrite at www.multicolour.com ... Alexandrite was discovered in 1830 in the Ural mountains of Russia. Alexandrite is also found in Sri Lanka, Brazil, India, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, and most recently in Madagascar. The alexandrite variety of chrysoberyl is one of the rarest and most sought after of all gems.
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