A Quantitative Description of the Causes of Color in Corundum
- 1 May 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Gemological Institute of America in Gems & Gemology
- Vol. 56 (1), 2-28
- https://doi.org/10.5741/gems.56.1.2
Abstract
Presents a quantitative means of determining the causes of color in a gem material, using corundum’s six major chromophores as an illustration.Keywords
This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
- Accurate Reporting of Key Trace Elements in Ruby and Sapphire Using Matrix-Matched StandardsGems & Gemology, 2018
- The role of silicon in the color of gem corundumGems & Gemology, 2017
- Device and method of optically orienting biaxial crystals for sample preparationReview of Scientific Instruments, 2014
- Vanadium-rich ruby and sapphire within Mogok Gemfield, Myanmar: implications for gem color and genesisMineralium Deposita, 2014
- Behaviour of hydrogen in wide band gap oxidesJournal of Applied Physics, 2014
- A study of ruby (corundum) compositions from the Mogok Belt, Myanmar: Searching for chemical fingerprintsAmerican Mineralogist: Journal of Earth and Planetary Materials, 2013
- Luminescence centers in Y3Al5O12:La single crystalsJournal of Physics: Conference Series, 2011
- OH in naturally occurring corundumEuropean Journal of Mineralogy, 2006
- Theoretical study of defect structures in pure and titanium-doped aluminaSolid State Ionics, 2004