ALEXANDRITE GEMSTONE
Alexandrite were formed inside the earth surface some million years ago; however, their presence was felt only after 1867 when these were brought to surface by the ancient miners. The discovery is known to coincide with the birthday of Russian Tsar Alexander and so people chose to call it Alexandrite. This belief is not so strongly proven but the appearance of red and green hues along with its noticeable presence in Russian mountains makes people think that something of this sort must have taken place earlier.
Quite popular as June birthstone, this gemstone surpasses normal level of rarity because of the presence of colour change phenomenon. The change is so distinct during the day and night that people in initial years of finding must have thought it to be a miracle. Its resemblance with cat's eye chrysoberyl is just quite unique and people often get carried away by the colour change that they forget to compare what exactly they are buying.
Alexandrite was believed to be as rare as Tanzanite because of its occurrence known only in Russian region. But with the surfacing up of around 12 deposits around the world, this gemstone simply lost the race of becoming the rarest gemstone. At present, Hematita in Minas Gerais holds the title of strongest exporter of Alexandrite. Other noticeable deposits are located in Burma, India, Madagascar, Tanzania, Sri Lanka and few others.
Alexandrite can be cut in variety of shapes and styles and the fancy cut is one of the most popular forms in which this gemstone is appreciated a lot. It exhibits typical cat's eye effect in cabochon crystals and the gemstones like spinels and rubies that demonstrate the same effect are fondly said to have Alexandrite's effect.
Its discovery proved to be a milestone in Russian and UK fashion industry where this was used widely to meet the fashion demands. Most of the Victorian jewellery also was made to look very classy with the use of these rare gemstones and females loved to have these in their kitty.
Alexandrite is stocked a lot as a solution for the rarity of its appearance. Some manufacturers have synthesised it in lab conditions too so that the demand can be meet fairly at any given point of time. Synthetic Alexandrite jewellery sells like hot cake and is used a lot as fashion jewellery.
Alexandrite is a hard gemstone and can be cut in varieties of ways to produce high quality jewellery items. Rings, pendants and bracelets made of Alexandrite as accent are some of the choicest collection of a fashion loving female. If you want to enjoy your jewellery without bothering about the safety concerns associated, you can think of using Alexandrite as a feasible option.
