Laser Rod Alexandrite Faceted Stones Lab Created

These are genuine, lab-created alexandrite gems faceted from decommissioned laser rods. Each stone is labelled with a letter and weight and can be purchased individually.We recently got our hands on a few decommissioned rods of alexandrite from lasers! These rods lived out a full career inside lasers as their lasing medium, but eventually they were pushed too far and the ends blew off, rendering them inoperable. Now they get to live out their retirement as gemstones! While they may have been designed for science they make amazing gems as well. They have a strong color change from blue-green to purple-pink and better yet often show flashes of both in mixed lighting. On top of that they also show rich red fluorescence which affects their color, and the angle of lighting will also cause differences in color because this material is strongly trichroic.Alexandrite is the color-changing chromium-bearing variety of chrysoberyl, and it has been a popular gem since the first natural deposits we