Laser Alexandrite Facet Rough Lab Created Crystals

These are genuine, lab-created alexandrite facet rough sawn from the unusuable parts of crystals grown for laser usage.This is a rarity in the gem world, synthetic alexandrite. Alexandrite is the color-changing chromium-bearing variety of chrysoberyl, and it has been a popular gem since the first natural deposits were discovered in Russia. Its high hardness (8.5) and durability, combined with its incredible combination of colors, have made it a classic.  The only limiting factor is its rarity which has kept it more obscure than gems like ruby and sapphire. Even lab-created alexandrite is quite uncommon. Synthetic alexandrite is mostly grown for industry, where it is used in some particular high-end laser systems, and the process to grow it is very expensive. Little is produced anymore, and even when it was produced it was uncommon on the gem market. Usually instead lab-created sapphire with a color change effect was sold as alexandrite, but that material is honestly boring compared to