{"id":19747,"date":"2017-06-01T08:24:12","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T12:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/?p=19747"},"modified":"2024-01-17T16:51:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T21:51:10","slug":"alexandrite-junes-birthstone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/alexandrite-junes-birthstone\/","title":{"rendered":"ALEXANDRITE &#8211; JUNE&#8217;S BIRTHSTONE"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blog-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Alexandrite-Junes-Birthstone.gif\" alt=\"Alexandrite Junes Birthstone\" title=\"Alexandrite Junes Birthstone\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-19748\" \/><\/div>\n<h2>June Birthday?<\/h2>\n<p>\nAll the people <strong>born in the month of June<\/strong> (birthstones don&#8217;t go by the <strong>Zodiac<\/strong>) have one of the most <strong>interesting birthstones<\/strong> of all&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><h2>The Alexandrite!<\/h2>\n<p>\nGranted, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/pearl-gemstone-the-birthstone-for-june\/\">Pearl is also a birthstone for June<\/a>, but that&#8217;s <strong>round, organic, and not faceted<\/strong> like a gemstone&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Which is why so many people gravitate towards Alexandrite.<\/p>\n<p><h2>Me included!<\/h2>\n<p>\nBut, Alexandrite is so <strong>rare<\/strong>, and so <strong>difficult to find<\/strong> in large carat weights and beautiful colors&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\nThat most jewelers carry &#8220;<strong>CREATED<\/strong>&#8221; Alexandrite <strong>instead<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\nIt&#8217;s actually been <strong>common place<\/strong> to carry created for decades (I would believe <strong>all Mother&#8217;s Rings<\/strong> would carry created <strong>vs the genuine stone<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>\nThey create Alexandrite in <strong>laboratories<\/strong>, pretty much exactly like how Mother Nature creates Alexandrites in nature: <strong>crystals, heat, pressure.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n(<strong>think test-tube baby<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p>\nIt&#8217;s just like the <strong>real thing<\/strong>&#8230; Even down to their <strong>unique ability to color change<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><h2>Color Change?<\/h2>\n<p>\nThat&#8217;s what <strong>I love about Alexandrites<\/strong> the most, they change colors <strong>depending on the light<\/strong> they&#8217;re in. One minute they&#8217;ll be a beautiful <strong>green hue<\/strong>, the next, they can <strong>look purple<\/strong> or even <strong>reddish<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><h2>It&#8217;s Amazing!<\/h2>\n<p>\nSee, Alexandrites really do make <strong>the perfect gift<\/strong> for anybody born in June.<\/p>\n<p><h2>It&#8217;s not only stunning&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>\n<strong>But it&#8217;s June&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2qEuJoA\">Go buy yourself an Alexandrite TODAY!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Cheers! :)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>June Birthday? All the people born in the month of June (birthstones don&#8217;t go by the Zodiac) have one of the most interesting birthstones of all&#8230; The Alexandrite! Granted, Pearl is also a birthstone for <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/alexandrite-junes-birthstone\/\" title=\"ALEXANDRITE &#8211; JUNE&#8217;S BIRTHSTONE\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gemstones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19747"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}