Chrysoberyl Visible Spectra (350 - 1100 nm)
The origin of color in chrysoberyl is iron and chromium. Yellow chrysoberyls owe their color to Fe
3+
whereas Cr
3+
is the cause of color in the color-change variety, alexandrite.
Images of representative chrysoberyl spectra
chrysoberyl GRR 171 spectrum;
.
Greenish-yellow chrysoberyl
from Minas Gerais, Brazil, colored by Fe
3+
. Data Files:
a-axis;
b-axis;
chrysoberyl GRR 874 spectrum;
. Color-change chrysoberyl (alexandrite variety) from Lake Manyara, Kenya. Data Files:
a;
b;
chrosoberyl CIT-1703 spectrum
. Color-change chrysoberyl
(alexandrite variety) from Mogok, Myanmar.
Data Files
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collection of references
to mostly color and visible spectroscopy of chrysoberyl.
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(alexandrite variety) from Mogok, Myanmar.
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