Alexandrite


Alexandrite

Water Element

It is a kind of chrysoberyl with the addition of chromium oxide . = It is believed that it was discovered recently, although a similar stone was known in ancient Greece and India. Alexandrite warns his master about everything , = changing color. = Alexandrite works on our hidden emotional states. = If the stone has acquired a yellow color, it is a harbinger of unhappiness. Alexandrite is like a magical barometer showing the states that you will have in the near future. Sometimes it not only shows events, but also influences them. = This is a stone for strong people, only they can wear it and carry it on purpose. = It pushes a person to an extreme situation , = attracts trials, while the person reacts more sharply to each A trifle, but it restores purity. But after all the tests came calm. About the stone said that this emerald in the daytime, and in the evening a ruby. Stones of high quality jewelry weighing more than 3-5 carats (7- 8 mm In diameter) are extremely rare and are highly valued; The best are the Urals alexandrites.

The largest known alexandrite, apparently, should be considered a stone weighing 66 carats, found in Sri Lanka and stored in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. The stone was named in 1842 (opened in 1834) in honor of the heir to the Russian throne, the future Tsar Alexander II. There are reasons to believe that the stone is known for a long time, but it was considered a kind of beryl. It was first discovered on April 17 1834 g . In one of the Ural dumps in the Emerald Mines on Takova. Initially, a thick green pebble was taken for an emerald, but it was harder than an emerald, and by the light of a candle a blood-red flame shone. Since this day was celebrated the age of majority of Alexander II (later heir to the throne), the mineralologist Nordenkeld gave the stone the name - alexandrite.

It is believed that the duality of the color of alexandrite is magically associated with the duality of human blood - arterial and venous, and the stone regulates blood formation, cleanses the blood and strengthens the blood vessels. A ring with this stone before sleep should be removed. Alexandrite makes its owner peaceful and accommodating. Therapeutic properties include the ability of alexandrite to normalize the functioning of the circulatory system.

To the mystical properties is the symbolic correspondence of alexandrite to the variability of life's destiny.