Alexandrite - Alexandrite (English spelling)

Japanese: アレキサンドライト - あれきさんどらいと(英語表記)alexandrite
Alexandrite - Alexandrite (English spelling)

A variety of chrysoberyl. Sometimes used as a gemstone name. It was discovered in the Ural Mountains in the early 1830s. It is greenish yellow and transparent in sunlight, but red in incandescent light. The color change is thought to be due to the presence of traces of Cr 3 + (trivalent chromium) or slightly large amounts of Fe 3 + (trivalent iron), both of which replace Al (aluminum) in the composition. Currently, this name tends to be used not only as a gemstone name, but also for all chrysoberyl that shows different colors in sunlight and incandescent light. It occurs in quartz veins in granitic pegmatites or biotite schists. It is named after Tsar Alexander II of Russia. It is the birthstone for June.

[Akira Kato December 14, 2015]

[Reference item] | Goldite | Birthstone

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

金緑石(クリソベリル)の一変種。宝石名として用いられることもある。1830年代初頭にウラル山中で発見された。太陽光では緑色を帯びた黄色、透明であるが、白熱光では赤色を呈する。変色の原因は微量のCr3+(三価クロム)あるいはやや多量のFe3+(三価鉄)の存在によるとされており、これらはいずれも成分中のAl(アルミニウム)を置換する。現在この名称は宝石名のみならず、太陽光と白熱光で異なった色を呈する金緑石すべてに対して用いられる傾向にある。花崗(かこう)岩質ペグマタイトあるいは黒雲母片岩中の石英脈中に産する。名称はロシア皇帝アレクサンドル2世にちなむ。6月の誕生石。

[加藤 昭 2015年12月14日]

[参照項目] | 金緑石 | 誕生石

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