How do gemstones get their color?

Chemistry For Your Life · Apr 6, 2023 · 44m

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Gemstones come in all sorts of colors, but how do they get them? Are different stones super different at the molecular level? How do these different colors happen naturally? And how can those colors be replicated in lab-made gemstones? Let's get into it.

References from this episode

https://www.acs.org/education/students/highschool/chemistryclubs/activities/jewelry-science.html

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