📚 noun • entry_id 52228
alexandrite
/ˌæl.ɪɡˈzæn.dɹaɪt/
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alejandrita
A form of chrysoberyl that displays a colour change dependent upon the light source, along with strong pleochroism.
[…] the body of each high seat was a single jewel of monstrous size: the left-hand seat a black opal, asparkle with steel-blue fire, the next a fire-opal, as it were a burning coal…
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