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Definition of Alexandrites
1. alexandrite [n] - See also: alexandrite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alexandrites
Literary usage of Alexandrites
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Celebrated Spies and Famous Mysteries of the Great War by George Barton (1919)
"The alexandrites, one of the rarest stones, which is a greenish blue by day and
a ruby red by night light, was discovered here and named after one of the ..."
2. Blue Book by Tiffany and Company (1893)
"CHRYSOBERYL CAT'S - EYES, ALEXANDRITE CAT'S-EYES, alexandrites, ... alexandrites.
Leaf or olive green by natural or daylight, and columbine or raspberry red ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The finest alexandrites still come from Siberia, but good gems are occasionally
found in Ceylon. ..."
4. Across Russia: From the Baltic to the Danube by Charles Augustus Stoddard (1891)
"... and in expiation of his murder, is so loaded down with rubies, emeralds,
alexandrites, and diamonds, that it is said to weigh fifty-four pounds. ..."
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