Alexandrite

ALEXANDRITE

Birthstone:
June
Anniversary:
55th
Color:
Vivid to blush green in the daytime or under fluorescent light, which changes to an intense to purplish red under incandescent light.
From:
First discovered in substantial amounts in 1830 in Russia's Ural Mountains, Alexandrite was named after the young prince and likely heir to Russia at the time, Alexander II.
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