Talk:Synthetic alexandrite

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As alexandrite is currently a redirect to chrysoberyl it probably wouldn't be a good merge. I think the page needs to be cleaned up and expanded into a more general synthetic gemstone article. My move to synthetic alexandrite rather than the odd created... was a start. Vsmith 16:27, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, 'synthetic alexandrite' it is. The term 'created alexandrite' was a marketing decision. The company, C.C.I., Creative Crystals Inc., who held the original flux growth patent chose the "Created Alexandrite" moniker because the term synthetic was associated with fake, paste, imitation, etc. according to C.C.I. customer research. R.Reed - Crystal Grower for C.C.I. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.61.134.130 (talk • contribs) 22:28, 27 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]