Jewelry

[SANNA]

BTW in Russia it is considered very unlucky stone, has a nickname “Widow stonne”.

If you do wear it, wear it in pair.

[BirkiLady]

My son was born in June and it took a long time, but I ultimately received an alexandrite ring. The real deal. One of my most treasured pieces from my husband. 

[1Snickers]

   I purchased a real Alexandrite ring and pendant years ago while on a cruise. They are soft stones so I don’t wear them often, but love the color change. 

[Sooner]

I know a lady who had a very very old ring that was bought in Russia a long time ago.  It was the real deal.  The stone was the size of or a little larger than a dime and there was a dramatic color change from light green to light amethyst color when we'd go from inside to outside.

It wasn't fabulous just to look at it, but the color change was really amazing.  And it was BIG!

[Kachina624]

@Sooner.  It may have been one of the Russian-made synthetic stones.

[Sooner]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

@Sooner.  It may have been one of the Russian-made synthetic stones.

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@Kachina624   I don't think so.  Her husband was a well-known and educated geologist, and he had worked in Russia early in the 1900's--like 1920's or something.  He bought it there and brought it back, so he would have had access to people who dealt in gemstones and would have known what was a real one by looking at it.  

[Kachina624]

@Sooner. @sunshine 919. @1Snickers  @BirkiLady  @SANNA. @Patbz. @Desertdi   Here's some interesting info about Alexanderite.  It says stones over 3ct are very rare.  I'd  guess my synethetic stone is 10 to 15ct.  It also must be fairly hard.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysoberyl

[patbz]

I bet mine is also at least 10 ct, in a simple but heavy 14k setting.

[sunshine 919]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

@Sooner. @sunshine 919. @1Snickers  @BirkiLady  @SANNA. @Patbz. @Desertdi   Here's some interesting info about Alexanderite.  It says stones over 3ct are very rare.  I'd  guess my synethetic stone is 10 to 15ct.  It also must be fairly hard.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysoberyl

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Thank you Kachina624

[BirkiLady]

@Kachina624  Mine is in the safe deposit box (with the appraisal). It's a large natural  stone; not a bunch of small stones like the ring QVC is showing. It's my son's birthstone and is a fine cut, high quality stone which our jewelers searched for for many years. They brought in several (4 or 5) stones for my husband to choose from. (I didn't know anything about it at the time.) He gave me the stone as a gift. Then, we had it set in a better mounting and placed on a kind of wide ring I had selected. The color change is amazing; even inside.