Wednesday 10 August 2011

Red Alexandrite



What is Alexandrite ?

















Alexandrite

Alexandrite a chrysobery, fine alexandrite looks purplish red in the incandescent light from a candle or a standard light bulb moved to sunlight ,it turns green or builsh green like corundum,spinel and garnet,can show color change.
An alexandrite's value depends on the hue ,tone and saturation of the two colors it shows and the degree of it's change ,the finest alexandrite switch from green to puplish red.
Fine alexandrite's red looks slightly brownish and it\s green slightly grayish.

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