seababyisu
Rough_Rock
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- Aug 26, 2015
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Ok, so my entire life I heard my mom tell a story about this friend of hers who was in the peace core and brought her a chunk of alexandrite back from (wherever... Tanzania maybe?) and she had it faceted and mounted as a ring. It must be about 16 carats... I've tried to take photos of it as an aqua blue, but it continues to photograph purple or raspberry in color. I've attached a photo of it in my every day office light, next to a flame, and also in daylight (although, it does not photograph the color I see it as in daylight - only photographs purple) I'm scared to death to send it off anywhere for certification, and I don't know any retuable jewlers who can help in my area... anyone have any thoughts, opinions, advice? I realize the size is extraordinarily rare... but the ring is over 50 years old now and I've had some mixed commentary/feedback from various hobbyist gemnologists (some say there is no way its real based on size - others tell a story about how they used to drill down to the center of a chunk of Alex. to get the purest cut possible and that they think that's what I have *even without hearing the story my mom told me*)