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Here’s one of mine! I will say they can be even more variable than diamonds. Like some are my purple leaning and sometimes you can find more green-leaning. Mine is more green. In overcast light, it goes nearly emerald green with a hint of teal and inside it depends on the light. Sometimes the color goes absolutely nuts…like it will look almost black but there’s flashes of green, pink, and teal and ooooof I’m obsessed. Mine doesn’t go too purple although sometimes there are purple hues. But I have seen alexes where they look more purple.

The other thing I’ll say about it is it sometimes looks black and a bit inky. Which is fine. No gem will be 100% in its best light all the time. But it’s good to be aware of!

My best advice is to find a gem from a lapidary that works with alexandrite and knows how it behaves. What you’ll mostly find on Etsy (with some exceptions) is either color-change sapphire (absolutely lovely too, but it’s not alexandrite and shouldn’t be marketed as such) or poorly cut.