If you love magic, especially the magic of science, you?ll love Alexandrite, the color-change gem. Outside in daylight, it is a cool bluish mossy green. Inside in lamplight, it is a red gem with a warm raspberry tone. You can watch it flick back and forth by switching from fluorescent to incandescent light. The value of the gemstone increases as the color change becomes more distinct.

It is truly spellbinding to see the spectacular changing colors in this wonderful gemstone; you just might feel some of the mysterious magic and lore ascribed to it. It?s said to strengthen intuition, aid in creativity and inspire the imagination.

Originally discovered in Russia?s Ural Mountains in the 1830s, it?s now found in Sri Lanka, East Africa, and Brazil, but this gem is exceptionally rare and valuable.