Alexandrite

Alexandrite is a green-red variety of chrysoberyl. It is a symbol of royal power and an effective guardian stone. The crystal supports longevity, being a useful purifier and renewer, and is said to bring about a joyful inner transformation. Karmically, this stone links to the esoteric knowledge once stores in the library at Alexandria.

Worn over the heart, alexandrite is said to bring luck in love and to impart grace and elegance to the wearer. With its ability to show two colors at once. It allows you to see both sides of the picture and links the heart and the mind. So, they come from a dispassionate, illumined perspective that encompasses and integrates rational and intuitive viewpoints.

Psychologically, alexandrite is a regenerative stone that rebuilds self-worth and self-respect. Through realignment and centering yourself and around yourself, reinforces your sense of who you really are. This stone strengthens willpower and dreaming, and assists in accurately assessing emotion – both your own and those of others.

Mentally, this stone inspires the imagination and attunes to your inner voice. A comforter that facilitates emotional maturity and encourages joyfulness in everyday life, alexandrite teaches how to expend less effort. Physically, this stone harmonizes male and female energies and encourages tissue generation. Alexandrite balances the glandular and nervous systems. It soothes inflammation, the tension in neck muscles, and the side effects of leukemia. The stone supports the pituitary and pineal glands, pancreas, spleen, liver, neurological tissue, and male reproductive organs.

Alexandrite is a very rare and valuable variety of chrysoberyl. It changes its color from green in daylight to red, mauve, or brown under incandescent light, such as a light bulb. The rough alexandrite crystal occurs in inter-grown crystals.

Synthetic chrysoberyl, synthetic corundum, and synthetic spinel have all been produced to imitate color-change alexandrite.

It is important to note the alexandrite was found on the birthday of Tsar Alexander II and is named after him.

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Occurrence

Although mainly worked out, the best chrysoberyl, including alexandrite, has been found in mica schists in the Urals (Russia). Large waterworn pebbles of various colors are found in the gem gravels of Sri Lanka.