{"id":14373,"date":"2026-06-17T15:42:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T19:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/?p=14373"},"modified":"2026-06-17T15:42:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T19:42:16","slug":"birthstone-ensembles-june-alexandrite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2026\/06\/birthstone-ensembles-june-alexandrite\/","title":{"rendered":"Birthstone Ensembles – June – Alexandrite"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alexandrite<\/a> is my favourite of the birthstones, and it holds a special place in my heart. Not because I’m a June baby \u2014 far from it, my birthday<\/a> is in November \u2014 but because I love the unexpected intersection of physics, chemistry, and aesthetics that cause it to change colour so much that my engagement ring and wedding band feature it heavily. Many stones have a sort of iridescent shimmer or glow to them, but few legitimately change colour the way alexandrite does. The main stone in my ring is typically a rich indigo, looks teal under fluorescent lights, bright purple in the sun, deep plum in candlelight, and on the rare occasion I’m under direct UV light (gel manicures, the occasional round of day-glo mini-golf<\/a>) it beams an impossibly eerie neon red.<\/p>\n\n\t\t