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<p>[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 4495868, member: 76316"][ATTACH=full]392622[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]392623[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]392624[/ATTACH] Our discussion caused me to recall a cut Alexandrite I had squirreled away...but where? Unusually, when I awoke the answer was clear!</p><p><br /></p><p>Obviously a synthetic stone...but an almost forgotten bauble revealed, and so I share what little I know.</p><p><br /></p><p>~20 carat, 17mm diameter at the girdle, 8.77mm deep. I haven't examined it microscopically (not that I'm smart enough to determine anything significant thereby) so cannot even say if it has inclusions, or if there are chips on any of the facets. I cannot say where I got it, nor at what cost.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1st pic is under LED light; the 2nd is spotlighted by small LED flashlight; the 3rd is an older incandescent flashlight.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for all the lessons about the glass version of this delightful color-changing effect.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 4495868, member: 76316"][ATTACH=full]392622[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]392623[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]392624[/ATTACH] Our discussion caused me to recall a cut Alexandrite I had squirreled away...but where? Unusually, when I awoke the answer was clear! Obviously a synthetic stone...but an almost forgotten bauble revealed, and so I share what little I know. ~20 carat, 17mm diameter at the girdle, 8.77mm deep. I haven't examined it microscopically (not that I'm smart enough to determine anything significant thereby) so cannot even say if it has inclusions, or if there are chips on any of the facets. I cannot say where I got it, nor at what cost. The 1st pic is under LED light; the 2nd is spotlighted by small LED flashlight; the 3rd is an older incandescent flashlight. Thanks for all the lessons about the glass version of this delightful color-changing effect.[/QUOTE]
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