Alexandrite - The Balancing Gemstone

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By Anamika S

Alexandrite is the Gemstone for the month of June and the wedding anniversary gem for the 45th and 55th year of marriage.
Alexandrite is the Gemstone for the month of June and the wedding anniversary gem for the 45th and 55th year of marriage.

Alexandrite Gemstones Jewelry

Alexandrite is the color changing gemstone belonging to the Chrysoberyl family. It is a rare and beautiful gemstone which has the unique characteristic of appearing green in the daylight and glowing red in artificial light. Chromium gives alexandrite its color and while, in most minerals, a trace element like chromium would provide only one color to the mineral, in alexandrite it gives it two! This stone was named in honor of Czar Alexander II and was discovered in 1831 in the Ural Mountains in Russia on his birthday. This stone has a hardness rating of 8.5 and used to mostly make beautiful jewelry. It is the gemstone for those born in the month of June and under the Zodiac Sign of Gemini and Scorpio. Alexandrite is also the wedding anniversary gemstone for the 45th and 55th year of marriage. This stone is believed to draws luck and good fortune and is often used in love spells and rituals. Alexandrite stone is looked upon as a good omen in Russia.

Alexandrite is said to help balance one's emotional state, to provide confidence, to increase self-esteem and to help bring about change. It is also considered a stone of very good omen and also supposed to strengthen the wearer’s power of intuition. Alexandrite is also reputed to aid creativity and inspires the imagination. It is also said to bring happiness and success and to intensify feelings of love and sensuality. Alexandrite is told to be useful to help treating pancreatic and spleen problems pancreas as well as the regeneration of neurological tissues and in treating Leukemia. Alexandrites are found in many places including Russia, India, Brazil, Sri Lanka,Tanzania, Myanmar, Madagascar and Zimbabwe.



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