Fashion jewelry Alexandrite

Alexandrite is the birthstone for June (along with the pearl). It is also called Friday’s stone, or the stone of “Friday's Child.” The Anniversary is the stone for the 55th year of marriage. It has truly become a modern popular luminescent spot. It does not share the ancient history and lore of most other gems due to the fact that it was first discovered in the 19th Century. The name Alexandrite comes from the stone that was first discovered in the emerald mines near the Tokovaya River in Russia’s Ural Mountains in 1830, on the day of Prince Alexander II of Russia’s birthday. The story of the stone’s discovery goes like this: Miners were collecting emeralds in the mountains one day. One miner gathered some stones, which looked like emeralds and took them back to the camp. In the light of the campfire, the stones shone a brilliant shade of red! The miners thought very puzzled. And in the morning, they saw that the stones were green again, they realized that they had found a new and mysterious gem. This gem was Alexandrite.

In 1839, this supernatural stone was identified and named "alexandrite". Because this stone appeared green and sometimes red that likes Old Imperial Russia’s military color, it became the national stone of tsarist Russia. In time, alexandrite would become one of the most costly gemstones among Russian Aristocracy. But, the value of alexandrite in Russia did not last forever. Practically all of Russia’s alexandrites that mined in the 19th century were thought to be headed to extinction. Now, even larger ones were found in Ceylon, Sri Lanka, and north island of India. Later on, Brazil became another contributor to the world supply of this stone.

While Alexandrites found favor in the jewelry salons. Petersburg, Russia and Paris, France, America’s Tiffany Company seems to have done the most to popularize the gem. George Kunz, Tiffany’s master, fell totally in love with alexandrite and traveled to Russia search it. No one knows exactly how many he got, but Tiffany had reserved a large number, that it cornered the market on the stone for decades. In 20th Century, there were no new discoveries of the mineral, of course, it became very costly. In 1987, a new find was appeared in Hematita, Minas Gerais, and Brazil. In 1993, there was another main find on the border of Tanzania and Mozambique.

Alexandrite has been thought can bring luck good fortune and love to people. Alexandrite opens the crown chakra, bringing people healing energy and love of the universe. It is also said to strengthen creativity, and imagination. In Russia, it is considered to be a stone that presuming good premonitions. It is believed to bring balance of interaction between the physical and the spiritual world. Alexandrite can encourage romance. It is also said that It can enhance human's individual tutelage in some aspect, enhances self-confidence. It can provide us the enough courage and the struggle strength. With its mutative color, it is a reminder that life is not only what it seems to be, please maintain the confidence in aeternum.

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