Physical Properties of Alexandrite Stone / Crystal |
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Chemical Formula: | BeAl2O4 |
Chemical Composition: | Beryllium aluminum oxide |
Crystal System: | Orthorhombic |
Lustre: | Vitreous |
Transparency: | Transparent to nearly opaque |
Colour: | Blue, Red, Green, Yellow, Pink, Purple, Gray, Multicolored |
Streak: | White |
Hardness: | 8.5 on Mohs Scale |
Tenacity: | Brittle |
Cleavage: | 1,1 ; 3,2. Often exhibits parting along twinned crystals |
Fracture: | Conchoidal to uneven |
Density: | 3.72 |
Refractive Index: | 1.744 – 1.755 |
Alexandrite is the colour varying member of Chrysoberyl family. It is one of the tenuous gemstone existing on this earth. It has a unique feature of varying its colour; it recurs to be green in day time while glowing red in the man -made light. It occurs in an orthorhombic crystal structure with a hardness of about 8.5 Mohs.
Alexandrite counter balances and collates one's emotional state. It hikes the gob of confidence in you. It induces self- admire and brings about an explicit change in your life. It consorts happiness and the glory of success in your life. It accentuates the feeling of love and sensuality in your heart and body. It boosts up awakening of both the inner and the outer self, replenishing you with momentum to shoot through the changing of your world and imbibing the qualities of creativity, grandeur and awareness in the compass of instance. As it possesses regenerative endowments.
Alexandrite can be found in either gemstone or crystalline form. The gem can ameliorate you in rebirth or death times- when you need to commute debilitated things into new ones. It empowers your inner strength. It espouses happiness and congenial surprises in your life and blossoms your life with opulence and prosperity. It aids various disorders relating to pancreas, swollen lymph nodes, spleen ailments as well as its beneficial in the treatment of depression occurring with leukaemia. It maintains an emotional balance which is vital for our mental focus and cantering.
Alexandrite gemstones / crystals are found in some of the countries of world are: Australia, Brazil, Czech Republic, India, Madagascar, Myanmar, Russia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, USA, Zimbabwe