Alexandrite Crystal #2 Type_Sage with the black colouring coming

with the black colouring coming from the tooth absorbing minerals like Iron and Manganese over time

Lovely polished Rutilated Quartz Tower from Brazil with lots of very delicate Rutile threads

Melanite is also referred to as Titanian Andradite

and exhibits an exceptionally bright glow under UV light

Alexandrite Crystal #2 Type_Sage with the black colouring comingThis extremely rare natural Alexandrite comes from Brazil, and displays a slight change from green to red in tungsten lighting when viewed through the back. You will receive the exact crystal pictured. Alexandrite is a even rarer variety of the already rare Chrysoberyl, which despite its name is not related at all to the Beryl family (which contains Emerald, Aquamarine, Morganite, etc). It was first discovered in the Ural Emerald mines in 1830 in