Andalusite, Al2 SiO5, is a little known, extremely pretty gemstone that has a hardness of 7.5 on the mohs scale.  The gem generally shows two colors, green and orange, either color can be predominant.  The crystal system is orthorhombic.  Most gems come from Andalusia, Spain, Austria, ... OUR GEMSTONES...
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Andalusite gemstones at mineralminers.com: your on-line link direct to the andalusite mines and lapidary shops for natural andalusite faceted gemstones of fine collector quality with beautiful pleochroic shades of green, orange and red. ... This is the end of our Genuine Andalusite Gemstones page.
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What color is it?: As shown by the photograph above, andalusite is a combination of two to three colors, depending on how you look at it. The two basic colors are green and brown as shown above. But later down this page I will show you something very unusual about this stone.
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Andalusite colors; Andalusite is pleochroic, which means it display different colors when viewed from different directions. When cutting many pleochroic gemstones, such as iolite and tanzanite, the trick is to minimize the pleochroism and to maximize the single best color.
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There are 5 Andalusite gemstones available at Multicolour.com ... Andalusite(s) are organized in the following categories: Single, gemstones. ... Home / Gem Library / Gemstones Varieties / Andalusite...
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Natural Andalusite ... There are 5 Andalusite gemstones available at Multicolour.com ... Andalusite(s) are organized in the following categories: Single, gemstones.
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Andalusite information, Andalusite jewelry, Andalusite gems. ... Andalusite is a strongly pleiochroic gem, which means that is has different colors when viewed from different directions. While it is a strikingly beautiful gem, is largely unknown by the gem buying public. ... ... Back to the Index of Gemstones...
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While these natural processes create an astonishing variety of beautiful gemstones, few can become jewels in their natural state. Jewelers cut and polish stones and use other enhancements to bring out their color and brilliance or stabilize their chemical composition, making more high-quality gems available to the public.
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Serving the Internet with Andalusite and other fine and rare colored gemstones from around the world. ... Named after the province of Andalusia, Spain, where andalusite was first found, it varies from pale yellow to dark green, brown and greenish red. Like alexandrite, andalusite changes in color depending on which way you...
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