Cut as a long, slender octagonal step cut, an elongated emerald cut almost never seen in Russian alexandrite, this 1.125 ct alexandrite from the Malysheva mine in the Ural Mountains offers a refined architectural silhouette with a strong Art Deco spirit. Its clean parallel facets work like a hall of mirrors, carrying the color in long reflective planes across the stone. In daylight it shows a cool teal-green with blue undertones, the classic tone of Ural alexandrite from the same schists that yield Russian emerald. Under incandescent light it turns to a soft mauve pink-violet, a clear natural color change that unfolds along the length of the stone. The crystal is translucent and richly included, with silky veils, glittering healed fractures and a natural internal boundary that runs along its length like a line of horizon across a winter landscape. These features are typical of Malysheva alexandrite and confirm the stone’s natural, untreated origin. The elongated octagon is Russian cut, measuring 7.88 × 3.93 × 3.45 mm. Its 2:1 proportions give an eye-catching length of nearly 8 mm, and the cut corners protect the stone’s ends. In person it is subtle and atmospheric, its color moving across the step facets as the light shifts from daylight to lamplight. It is natural and untreated, confirmed by the Marianovich Gems Certificate of Authenticity. Over a carat of genuine Ural alexandrite with a visible color change in a rare elongated emerald cut makes this a distinctive natural gemstone for an Art Deco-inspired ring, a modern bar pendant or an east-west design.
