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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 368341, member: 5833&quot;]Synthetic alexandrite, lab grown color change chrysoberyl, was not on the market until the 1970s, so think that can be ruled out.&nbsp; A lot of the stones in jewellery being sold as alexandrite are actually color change sapphires.&nbsp; I got fascinated with these &amp; did as much research as I could without being able to read Russian.&nbsp; I can&#039;t find any evidence they were available on the wider market any earlier than 1940.&nbsp; It would be lovely if the stone turned out to be a genuine alexandrite, but think I&#039;m seeing the reflection of something blue (what evelyb30 was wearing?) in an otherwise purple stone.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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