4.14 Ct. Alexandrite from Madagascar

This transparent 4.14 carat cushion shape alexandrite from Madagascar offered by The Natural Gemstone Company stands apart from many stones available on the market because of the exceptional combination of weight, clarity, color intensity, and cutting quality. Measuring 10.73 by 8.20 by 5.02 millimeters, this gem presents a generous face up area that highlights its intense color shift from yellowish green to reddish green, a trait that collectors and connoisseurs prize. The mixed brilliant cut applied to this cushion shape merges the best attributes of brilliant and step cutting, producing lively scintillation and controlled depth of color, while retaining a classic cushion silhouette that photographs and sits beautifully in fine jewelry. With an eye clean clarity grade evaluated at eye level, excellent polish, and no enhancement, this alexandrite carries natural integrity and visual purity that most heat treated, fracture filled, or synthetic alternatives cannot match, and those differences translate directly into long term desirability and value.

The real advantage of the mixed brilliant cut on this piece is how it optimizes light behavior to accentuate alexandrite intrinsic characteristics. The purposeful balance of a well proportioned crown, a slightly domed table, and a pavilion designed with both brilliant style and step facets creates multiple pathways for light to enter, refract, and return, producing a vibrant play of brilliance and color. Small brilliant facets on the crown and pavilion break incoming light into intense flashes of white brilliance and fire, which enhances the perception of the stone’s sparkle, while larger step facets around the pavilion distribute and saturate light within the body color, deepening the appearance of the green under daylight or fluorescent sources, and enriching the reddish tones when viewed under incandescent light. Because alexandrite is prized for its color change, the mixed brilliant design is especially effective, it allows quick scintillation that reveals flashes of the alternate color, and it sustains consistent color saturation across the table and the girdle, avoiding the washed out or windowed look that poorly cut alexandrites often suffer. The excellent polish further aids light return by minimizing surface light scatter, and the eye clean clarity ensures that nothing distracts from the path of light, so the gem reads as both lively and clean, qualities that cheaper or less carefully cut stones cannot emulate.

When comparing this Madagascar alexandrite to other offerings on the market, several distinctions become clear, distinctions that justify both the aesthetic preference and the investment sense in choosing this gem. Many alexandrites sold at lower price points are smaller than 4 carats, display only weak color change, or have undergone enhancements to improve clarity or color, procedures that diminish rarity and resale appeal. Others may be cut for maximum weight retention rather than optics, resulting in deep, dark stones that lack face up brilliance, or shallow stones that appear lifeless and pale. This 4.14 carat cushion, cut in a mixed brilliant style, strikes the ideal compromise, retaining significant carat weight while prioritizing light performance, color intensity, and visual presence. For a customer seeking a ring center, a pendant focal, or a collector looking for a natural, untreated alexandrite with provenance, this gem offers a superior combination of natural color change, eye clean clarity, and cut engineering that maximizes both beauty and long term value. The Natural Gemstone Company stands behind the natural origin and quality of this alexandrite, and we encourage in person viewing under both fluorescent and incandescent lighting to appreciate fully the yellowish green to reddish green change and the lively scintillation produced by the mixed brilliant cut, a visual experience that clearly differentiates this stone from lesser alternatives.