As early as 1907 or 1908 synthetic Alexandrites were created from synthetic colour-change sapphires coloured by vanadium. These stones are being marketed in some quarters as Russian Alexandrite, Natural Alexandrite, and even Natural Russian Alexandrite.
True synthetic Alexandrite has been lab grown in Russia from Corundum for several years. In colour-change gemstones, of which Alexandrite is the only one in nature in which 100% of the stones change colour the Standard states the gem must show as bluish green or emerald green in daylight or fluorescent light and red or purple in incandescent or candlelight. Because of the rarity of this stone, it is very expensive so many Alexandrites have been lab-grown. There are several gemstones which can change colour in certain lights but Alexandrite is the only one to always change. The old Russian Imperial Colours were red and green therefore Alexandrite was only mined for the royalty at that time.Īlexandrite is an extremely rare variety of Chrysoberyl which changes colour according to the light from greenish to deep purple or red. Where Found: Russia, Sri Lanka, Ceylon, India, Brazil, Burma, Madagascar, Zimbabwe, and TanzaniaĪlexandrite was originally discovered in the Ural Mountains of Russia in 1830 and named after the boy Czar, Alexander ll. Origin of Name: Named after Czar Alexander II
Colour: Blue/Green changing to deep purple or red
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