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How do gemstones get their color?

May 28, 202645 minEp. 158
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#158 Rebroadcast

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

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