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ALEXANDRITEALTERNATE MOONSTONE TRANQUILITY, INNOCENCE, LONGEVITY, WEALTH |
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| WORD ORIGIN | RUSSION CZAR ALEXANDER II |
| MINERAL | RED CHRYSOBERYL |
| FORMULA | BeAl2O4 |
| COLOR SOURCE | TRACE AMOUNTS CHROMIUM RED IN INCANDESCENT LIGHT GREEN IN NATURAL LIGHT |
| LUSTER | VITREOUS |
| STREAK | WHITE |
| HARDNESS | 8.5 |
| DENSITY | 3.6 |
| LORE | Russians believed it to be national stone as it showed national colors |
| HISTORY | Discovered in Russia in 1839 on birthday of Czar Alexander II |
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JUNE SENTIMENTS |
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| GUARDIAN ANGEL | MURIEL |
| HIS TALISMANIC GEM | EMERALD |
| SPECIAL APOSTLE | THOMAS |
| HIS GEM | BERYL |
| SPECIAL FLOWER | HONEYSUCKLE |
