Chrysoberyl (var: Alexandrite) (color-changing twin) Goddard & Mihelic and Groben virtually eye-clean Tourmaline gem with

virtually eye-clean Tourmaline gem with a lovely pinkish-orange color and slight peach highlights depending upon the angle at which the stone is viewed

The majority of the crystals are undamaged

This piece was collected in 2013

As you can see from the backlit photo

Chrysoberyl (var: Alexandrite) (color-changing twin) Goddard & Mihelic and Groben virtually eye-clean Tourmaline gem withAlexandrite is one of the most well known color changing minerals varieties of species extant. As a matter of fact, when we refer to other color changing minerals varieties, the term "Alexandrite Type" effect is often used to describe the color change. Alexandrite is not actually a species, but rather the color changing variety of Chrysoberyl, first discovered in Russia in the 1830 was and named after Tsar Alexander II. Even though the material has