Secrets of Color in Gemstone Science

* * Secret of Color: The Genesis of Gemstone Science and Mineralogy * *

The spectacular colors in mineral crystals are not only a matter of aesthetics, but chemical fingerprints that indicate their genesis in mineralogy. White light, consisting of a spectrum of seven colors, when it crystallizes a mineral crystal, has some energy absorbed by electrons in its orbit, creating colors that our eyes can see. These mechanisms of color can be divided as follows:

♪ # # * 1.Self Colored Gems (Idiochromatic Gems) * *

This group of colors is caused by