Chrysoberyl var. Alexandrite sixling (58.85 carats) ex Lidstrom Coll.

Masvingo, Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Thumbnail, 2.5 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Start Time: 02/21/2019 6:30:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 02/28/2019 6:30:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

Alexandrite is the green variety (can be gemmy) of chrysoberyl that exibits a color change in natural and artificial light from green to amethystine (Alexandrite effect). This sharp, moderately lustrous, grayish-green mostly opaque crystal is a partial classic textbook sixling. 58.85 carats mass. Older material from the Lidstrom Collection, before 1979, when Rhodesia became Zimbabwe.

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