ALEXANDRITE  , a variety of See also:

• CHRYSOBERYL

chrysoberyl (q.v.) discovered in the Urals in 1833, on the See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day set apart for celebrating the See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority of the See also:

• CESAREVICH

cesarevich, afterwards the See also:

• TSAR, or CZAR

tsar, See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander II., in whose See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour the See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone was named by Nils Gustaf See also:

• NORDENSKIOLD, NILS ADOLF ERIK, BARON (1832-1901)

Nordenskiold, of See also:

• HELSINGFORS (Finnish Helsinki)

Helsingfors . It is remarkable for being strongly dichroic, generally appearing dark See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

green by daylight and See also:

• RASPBERRY

raspberry-red by See also:

• CANDLE (Lat. candela, from candere, to glow)

candle-See also:

• LIGHT

light, or by daylight transmitted through the stone . As red and green are the military See also:

• COLOURS, MILITARY

colours of See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia, the See also:

• MINERAL

mineral became highly popular as a See also:

• GEM (Lat. gemma, a bud,—from the root gen, meaning " to produce,"—or precious stone; in the latter sense the Greek term is > d>os)
• GEM, ARTIFICIAL

gem-stone . The dark green crystals are usually cloudy and cracked, and grouped in triplets presenting a pseudo-hexagonal See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form . Alexandrite was found originally in the See also:

• EMERALD

emerald- mine of Takovaya, See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east of See also:

• EKATERINBURG

Ekaterinburg in the Urals, and afterwards in the See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold-bearing sands of the Sanarka in the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern Urals . Subsequently it was discovered in greater abundance in the gem-gravels of See also:

• CEYLON

Ceylon . It has been found also in See also:

• TASMANIA

Tasmania . Some of the Ceylon alexandrite exhibits, when suitably cut, the See also:

• CAT
• CAT, CIVET
• CAT, HOUSE

Cat's-See also:

• EYE
• EYE (O. Eng. edge, Ger. Auge; derived from an Indo-European root also seen in Lat. oc-ulus, the organ of vision (q.v.)

eye chatoyance, whence it has been called alexandrite cat's-eye . (F . W .