How do gemstones get their color?
Chemistry For Your Life
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The Different Qualities of Light
Alexandrite plays on two different things about light. One is the Alexandrite absorbs so it absorbs yellows and like deep blues. So what's mostly left is red and bluish green. And I call it like a bluey green. Do you see maybe a little bit of like reddish in there? Yes, which maybe almost saved something about purple because of that.
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