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Alexandrite
media type="file" key="24.wav" width="300" height="50" I chose Alexandrite because it's my birthstone. Alexandrite was found by Alexander the 2nd. He found it on his birthday in the country mountains of Russia. An Alexandrite is also named Chrysoberyl. Chrysoberyl/Alexandrite is given to amazing colors at once! Usually it's green, blue, yellow or orange. But if you shine it to a light bulb it will be red! Scientists discovered Chormium gives it it's amazing color. A cats-eye is an Alexandrite that has been polshed. That's why I picked Alexandrite.

__Comments from Teachers during the research process:__ Note from Mr. VanOrden: Very interesting topic! I can't wait to see the interesting information about it on this site:

Note from Mrs. Smith: You were the expert on all the other names for this mineral. Others were lucky they could go to you to find more information about this topic. Your birthstone is very interesting! Nice job of writing and recording this research for our wiki!