Although relatively young compared to other gemstones, alexandrite is not at a loss for history, myth and symbolism with which to surround itself. In the late 19th century, the Russian writer Nikolai Semyonovich Lesov wrote a novella, “Alexandrite: Myst...

The origin of alexandrite is shrouded in somewhat of a mystery. Delivered up from the Ural Mountains near the Tokovaya River, it is popularly believed that alexandrite was discovered by the Finnish mineralogist Nils Gustaf Nordenskjöld on April17, 1834. ...

Alexandrite – the tsarstone – is a variety of the mineral, chrysoberyl, an aluminate of beryllium. Although mined in such scattered locations as Brazil, Burma, India, Madagascar and Tanzania, the finest examples of the unique gem, alexandrite, are fro...