Alexandrite glass is transparent art glass, having gradual color changes throughout resulting from varying amounts of heat being applied in production. A patented process by Web & Sons in 1886 had colors progress from yellow to red to blue.
The use of the term "alexandrite in alexandrite glass stems from the semi-precious gemstone Alexandrite, which is a greenish brown and exhibits red highlights under certain lights. The stone was first discovered in the Ural Mountains of Russia in 1830 during the reign of Czar Alexander II - hence the name.
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Other sources on Alexandrite glass identify it as having resulted from the first commercial use of purified neodymium in the laboratory of Leo Moser in 1927. This resulting product line, also dubbed "Alexandrite Glass", was produced in various American glass factories and also referred to as "Neodymium glass".
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