Earrings with alexandrite

Gold earrings with alexandrite are an adornment for sophisticated connoisseurs of everything elegant. This gem has unique properties and an interesting history associated with its discovery. It is very rare in nature, but silver and gold jewelry with this stone can be easily found commercially.

The most striking feature of alexandrite is its ability to change color depending on the nature of the lighting. In daylight, alexandrites have an olive, bluish-green, emerald hue, and in evening light or artificial light, they are purple-red, crimson, or ruby.

The Ural alexandrite deposit remained the only one for a long time, all the others were discovered much later.

The gem was used in jewelry until the 19th century, in antiquity and the Middle Ages, however, it was mistaken for an emerald or amethyst.

Currently, this gem is not being mined in Russia; work on the deposit was stopped in 1995. The main supplier is Sri Lanka; alexandrite is also exported to Madagascar, India, Tanzania. There are these gems in Zimbabwe and Zambia. The field, discovered in the 1980s in Brazil, has already been developed.

Alexandrite is a gem. It can be inferior in value only to diamonds, emeralds, rubies and sapphires.

The best examples of natural gem (with a pronounced color change from green to red) can be very expensive. Alexandrites, characterized by their transparency and purity, are very rare.

Scientists have tried to reproduce the unique properties and beauty of a natural gem. Their scientific searches were crowned with success, and at the moment we can see jewelry with synthetic alexandrites in the windows of jewelry stores.

If you decide to purchase gold earrings with alexandrite, then the option with a synthetic stone will be the most affordable.

They do not have defects, are distinguished by exceptional purity, color change (the so-called color reverse) can be even more pronounced in them than in natural gems. Only a specialist with the necessary equipment and tools can distinguish a synthetic stone from a natural one.

The gem is expensive and rare, so you can find many imitations of it, usually synthetic stones with a color change effect.

Sometimes synthetic corundums are called alexandrites, which tend to change color depending on the nature of the lighting, due to special inclusions of certain substances, that is, they have an alexandrite effect. Such corundums are an inexpensive imitation of alexandrite. A specialist will be able to understand that it is corundum, including by the presence of a color that is uncharacteristic for alexandrite.

Individual specimens of natural minerals can have an alexandrite effect. There are also alexandrite spinel and garnet that can change color. Such stones are quite rare and expensive, especially large ones.

The mineral andalusite is able to change its color depending on the angle of incidence of light; it is also characterized by green and red shades.

Many imitations have little in common with both natural and synthetic alexandrite.

Earrings with alexandrite in gold can have different designs. On sale you can see earrings with graceful pendants or jewelry in a retro style, where the central stone has a round or oval shape and is surrounded by cubic zirconia. A gold setting for a large gem can be wide or thin, as well as openwork. Classic red or yellow gold highlights and enhances the beauty of the gem.

Laconic models of earrings are also widely represented, where alexandrite, often of a fancy cut, is enclosed in a very simple frame, which is only a functional fastening and does not distract attention from the stone itself. These earrings are made with an English lock, they look very stylish.

This gem can be cut in a variety of ways. The most common forms are:

1. Oval.
2. Circle.
3. Square.
4. A drop.

Models made of gold with natural alexandrite are most often made to order; such earrings can be additionally decorated with diamonds.

On sale you can see earrings with synthetic alexandrite in silver. Silver earrings are presented in a wide variety of options. These are earrings with pendants, and models with a large rounded stone in a setting. This gem rarely goes in combination with other types of stones, with the exception of cubic zirconia, for gold models - the same cubic zirconia and diamonds. Small cubic zirconias frame the central stone and serve as a kind of background for it.

Earrings with large gems or pendants are good for an evening out, with small inserts and a modest frame they are perfect for any other situation.

A number of signs are associated with this stone, they endow it with magical properties:

• Among people who believe in the power of stones, there is an opinion that jewelry with these gems should be worn either in paired items, such as earrings, or in sets. The stone should not be the only one, it is imperative to pick up a pair for it, for example, in another decoration. It is believed that wearing one alexandrite is a sign of loneliness. Several items with alexandrite can contribute to a successful family life.

• Some believe that alexandrite is able to warn its owner about various troubles that may threaten him. At the same time, the gem unexpectedly, not according to the time of day, changes its color, turns red. Although it is believed that a gem is capable of reflecting a change in mood or well-being of the person who wears jewelry with this stone by means of a color change.

When buying jewelry, many people think about whether the stones in the earrings can have any symbolic meaning. And most often people endow precious and semi-precious stones with certain symbols.

Due to its ability to change color, alexandrite can be considered a symbol of fortune, which is also changeable. Accordingly, the gem is endowed with the property of attracting good luck.

This gem is recommended to be worn by people who are emotional and impulsive in order to achieve calmness and balance: probably, the advice is based on the fact that the changeable color of the mineral is associated with a person's temperament. Often, the stone is declared a symbol of amorousness and jealousy, and it is also advised to wear it to people of creative professions, engaged in intellectual work and spending a lot of time traveling.

Astrologers recommend wearing a natural gem for those people who are Scorpio or Gemini according to the horoscope. It is believed that he has a positive effect on Pisces and Lions.