{"id":597,"date":"2021-10-22T10:41:13","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T10:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kabeeragate.com\/blog\/?p=597"},"modified":"2021-10-22T11:05:45","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T11:05:45","slug":"the-magical-and-healing-properties-of-alexandrite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kabeeragate.com\/blog\/the-magical-and-healing-properties-of-alexandrite\/","title":{"rendered":"The magical and healing properties of alexandrite"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Horoscope<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

According to astrologers, Alexandrite is most suitable for\nGemini, Pisces and Scorpio. Aries can also wear it. But Taurus, Sagittarius,\nCancer and Virgo should treat alexandrite with caution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alexandrite – a widow’s stone?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Despite the fact that alexandrite was discovered relatively\nrecently and is still very young, there are already several legends and beliefs\nabout it. In Russia, for example, it is believed that alexandrite is a widow’s\nstone. However, it can only be harmful if you wear one stone. The negative\neffect of alexandrite disappears if you wear two, or even better – three or\nfour stones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alexandrite is loved all over the world<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In Europe, this stone was considered a symbol of amorousness\nand at the same time – jealousy, which was facilitated by a change in color –\nfrom calm green to red, the color of rage. In Sri Lanka, where alexandrite is\nmined, it is considered a stone of longevity and prosperity. This is one of the\nfavorite stones of the clergy. During the hours of prayer and meditation, he\npacifies the soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Indian astrology, alexandrite is characterized as a stone\nwith a strong energy that reacts with a change in color to a change in the mood\nof the wearer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is suitable only for people who are strong in spirit and\nborn under the sign of Scorpio. They must be ready to overcome adversity and\nall kinds of trials, then victory and luck await them. The Avestan school of\nastrology, on the contrary, believes that alexandrite tests a person for\nstrength, giving him all kinds of difficulties. Among avid gamblers and\ngamblers, alexandrite is considered a talisman that ensures a win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This stone is called the magic barometer, which shows the color change of the state, possible in the near future. For example, the appearance of yellow in it is a harbinger of an ordeal for the owner. Alexandrite is also considered the stone of travellers. It helps to adapt to a new environment, to understand a different way of life, to find a common language with anyone. If a person wears alexandrite, foreign languages \u200b\u200bare easier for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Healing properties<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

It has long been believed that the two colors of the alexandrite are magically associated with two circles of blood circulation in the human body. Therefore, for medicinal purposes, alexandrite is used mainly in connection with blood diseases. So, it was believed that alexandrite not only strengthens blood vessels but also cleanses the blood or stops bleeding that has arisen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lithotherapists believe that while wearing alexandrite, you\nneed to monitor how often it changes color – constant color changes may\nindicate a sharp change in blood sugar levels. Before going to bed, alexandrite\nshould be removed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The history of alexandrite: two centuries or four millennia?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Finding Nordenskjold<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Alexandrite was discovered by the Finnish mineralogist N.\nNordenskjold. Exploring the Ural emerald mines, the scientist found a small\ngreen stone and took it with him in order to examine it in more detail under a\nmagnifying glass. In the evening, holding the nugget to a candle flame, the\nmineralogist discovered that its color from emerald green to blood red.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nordenskjold immediately reported the strange find to St.\nPetersburg. The properties of the stone, including the extraordinary hardness\nand ability to color reversal, were first studied by the jeweler Perovsky. He\nalready wanted to give the mineral the name “diaphanite”, which in\nGreek means “seeming double”, but on that day, April 17, 1834, Russia\ncelebrated the 16th anniversary of the son of Emperor Nicholas II Alexander.\nWanting to please the ruling dynasty, Perovsky presented the nugget as a gift\nto the young Tsarevich, naming the stone in his honor alexandrite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the darkness of the ages<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

In fact, alexandrites were known long before the 19th\ncentury. The first mentions of a stone, shining and iridescent like a peacock’s\neye, are found in the ancient Indian treatise “Mahabharata”, which is\nmore than four millennia old. During excavations in Zaporozhye, archaeologists\ndiscovered the burial of the Polovtsian Khan of the 12th century, it was\nalexandrite that adorned his ring. The problem is that before Perovsky, no one\ncould determine the nature of the mineral. The first detailed gemological\ndescription of the stone dates back to 1842.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Superstitions and legends of alexandrite<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n

The gem immediately became fashionable among the Russian\nelite of that time. It was considered prestigious to wear jewelry with\nalexandrite, because these stones were not only expensive, but also rare. Only\nrepresentatives of the upper classes, close to the court of the emperor, could\nafford them. The scanty choice of jewelry with alexandrite was partly due to,\namong other things, one omen – among the miners it was customary that if you\nfind this nugget, then you will not see emeralds. So the hard workers tried not\nto pay attention to the alexandrites, and even more so not to raise them from\nthe ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the death of Alexander II, the popularity of the gem\nbegan to wane. However, be that as it may, the consequences of the fashion\ntrends of the century before last are felt even now. Finding jewelry with\ngenuine alexandrite is not an easy task. The reserves of the Ural mineral were\ncompletely depleted, and today it is easier to buy an artificial crystal with a\ncolor reverse effect than to find a natural one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to legend, the stone acquired the ability to\nchange color after witnessing the crime of Cain. As if, since biblical times, a\ngreen crystal during the day has been filled with the blood of innocent Abel\nevery evening, who has become a victim of fratricide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alexandrite: interesting features and facts<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The largest gem-quality alexandrite was found in the Ural\nmines. The weight of the nugget was 532 carats, the price was more than 25\nthousand rubles. There was no buyer who could give such an amount for the\njewel, and the stone was divided into several pieces. For comparison: the\nannual salary in the first half of the nineteenth century. did not exceed 500\nrubles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The largest alexandrite weighing 1,876 carats (375.3 g) was\nfound in Sri Lanka, and the largest of the faceted stones weighs 66 carats\n(13.2 g).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Residents of the former USSR are sure that all the jewellery purchased in Soviet stores is natural. However, few people know that for the entire period of the existence of the Soviet Union, not a single real alexandrite was sold through the official jewellery network. The fact is that the mineral was considered state property and was never sold for free. Thus, the only thing that guarantees the purchase of a product with alexandrite in the Soviet era is its synthetic origin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In people, alexandrite is usually called a widow’s stone. It is believed that it can only be worn as a pair. The emergence of this sign has real historical prerequisites. The revival of the fashion for jewellery with alexandrite happened in the post-war period. Many women who lost their husbands on the battlefield wore rings and earrings with artificial alexandrite. So, there was a warning that the stone brings grief to the family. But it really has nothing to do with genuine jewellery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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