A pear-cut alexandrite from Malyshevo that earns its keep on brilliance as much as on color change — this 0.69-carat stone shows real life in the hand, with facets that catch and throw light rather than sit flat. Daylight brings a bright, clear bluish green with genuine sparkle across the crown; under incandescent light it turns to a vivid purple, the shift as lively as the stone's overall play of light. Everything about the cut works together here: proportion, brilliance, and the color change all reinforcing each other rather than one carrying the piece alone. Among stones of comparable weight in this material, this is the kind that performs the moment it moves.
