Alexandrite Market Price Trend
The live GemstoneAI index for alexandrite. For prices by quality and size, see the alexandrite price guide.
A market-wide average across qualities and sizes. Your stone's value depends on carat, color, clarity, cut, treatment, and origin.
What is moving alexandrite prices
- Metal Prices: pushing prices up
- News & Events: weighing on prices
About alexandrite
Alexandrite is renowned for its remarkable color-changing properties, exhibiting hues of green in daylight and red under incandescent light. It has a hardness of 8.5 on the Mohs scale, making it suitable for various jewelry applications, and is commonly cut into oval and cushion shapes to enhance its unique optical effects.
Where alexandrite comes from
- Brazil (~40% of supply)
- Sri Lanka (~25% of supply)
- Tanzania (~15% of supply)
- India (~10% of supply)
What is your alexandrite worth?
Market averages will not price your stone. GemstoneAI identifies gems and jewelry from a photo, checks authenticity and treatment signals, and gives you a real market valuation in seconds. Free to try.
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What is the alexandrite market index?
The GemstoneAI market index for alexandrite is $15,745 per carat as of 2026-11-09. That is a market-wide average across qualities, not a quote for a specific stone. Individual value depends on carat, color, clarity, cut, treatment, and origin.
How can I tell if my alexandrite is real?
Visual tests alone are unreliable. GemstoneAI identifies the stone from a photo, shows what else it could be, and estimates market value. It is free to try.
Is alexandrite a good investment?
Over the past 30 days the alexandrite index moved -0.3%. Gem prices move on supply, demand, and metal markets; treat any single stone as a collectible first and an asset second.