To Order Go to Home Page on this site, or call our toll free number, 800-416-4348 (U.S. and Canada), or go to www.rockpeddler.com and click on our Secure Online Order Form. Email us - rp@rockpeddler.com These PREMIUM SYNTHETICS are the most desirable synthetics on the market as they look more like the natural materials than those produced by other methods.           SYNTHETIC ALEXANDRITE - $3.00/ct HARDNESS: 8.5      REFRACTIVE INDEX: 1.75 CUTTING ANGLES: PAVILION - 42     CROWN - 40 POLISHING RECOMMENDATIONS: Ceramic or BATT lap with 50,000 diamond Grown by the Czochralski method (pulled boules). This is chemically the same as natural alexandrite (chrysoberyl). Excellent color change from bluish green in daylight or fluorescent light to purplish red in incandescent light. Orient table about 5 degrees from the C axis of the boule for the best color change. Excellent appearance is also achieved by cutting the table perpendicular to the C axis of the boule. Pieces available from approximately 15 cts and up. Contact us for specific sizes. ______________________________________ Pulled corundum - orange/pink pad color SYNTHETIC CORUNDUM, ORANGE/PINK PADPARADSCHA COLOR - $4.00/ct Hardness - 9         Refractive Index - 1.75 Cutting angles: Pavilion - 42   Crown -  40 This rough is grown by the Czochralski method (pulled boules). Stones cut from it will be the closest to the real pad color corundum - a luscious orangy pink. Call for available sizes.