Gemstones

June's Gemstone is Alexandrite

Alexandrite was named after Prince Alexander because it was discovered in 1830 on the day of his coming of age. Alexandrite is most noted for its color changing from shades of green in daylight to a rich purplish red color in incandescent light. Natural alexandrite is extremely rare and expensive. The laboratory created alexandrite have a higher level of perfection than the natural found alexandrite.