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Alexandrite

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Alexandrite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Krupskoye, Izumrudnye Kopi, Malyshevo, Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 5 × 3.8 cm
Description

Beautiful and sharp, greenish alexandrite crystals in mica matrix.

Very rare specimen from Armin Wendland collection - acquired 1991.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Alexandrite

Variety Of: 

Chrysoberyl

Formula: 
BeAl2O4
Strunz: 
4.BA.05
Hardness: 
8.5
Formula: 
BeAl2O4
Hardness: 
0.0