Chrysoberyl (var: Alexandrite) (color-changing twin) Goddard & Mihelic and Groben Dave Bergman in 1981

Dave Bergman in 1981

Specimen # BOL711B249

Alpine Apatites are not terribly common and are certainly one of the more desirable species for Alpine mineral collectors

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

This piece was collected in 2013

Chrysoberyl (var: Alexandrite) (color-changing twin) Goddard & Mihelic and Groben Dave Bergman in 1981Alexandrite 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