Study on the effect of heat treatment on amethyst color and the cause of coloration

Abstract The effect of heat treatment on amethyst color was studied from a new perspective of chromaticity of gemstones and the cause of amethyst coloration was discussed based on the results of X-ray diffraction, ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy. The results show that the amethyst color has no sign...

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Autores principales:	Renping Cheng, Ying Guo
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2020
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:0809228a3ce449a9af838224ddc3f1402021-12-02T19:12:28ZStudy on the effect of heat treatment on amethyst color and the cause of coloration10.1038/s41598-020-71786-12045-2322https://doaj.org/article/0809228a3ce449a9af838224ddc3f1402020-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-71786-1https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract The effect of heat treatment on amethyst color was studied from a new perspective of chromaticity of gemstones and the cause of amethyst coloration was discussed based on the results of X-ray diffraction, ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy. The results show that the amethyst color has no significant relationship with cell parameters but the crystallinity index decreases as temperature rises. The absorption band at 545 nm in the UV–visible spectrum can be related to a charge-transfer transition of Fe3+ and O2−, which has a significant relationship with amethyst lightness and chroma. The color at different temperatures can be divided into three stages: The amethyst stage with temperature below 420 °C, the prasiolite stage with temperature between 420 and 440 °C where the color center is the most unstable, the citrine stage with temperature above 440 °C. The color change degree of heated amethyst is related to its initial color. When the initial color is darker, the color difference of heated amethyst is larger, and the easier it is to change the color after heat treatment. A more appropriate heating temperature to obtain citrine by heating amethyst is about 560 °C.Renping ChengYing GuoNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2020)
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description	Abstract The effect of heat treatment on amethyst color was studied from a new perspective of chromaticity of gemstones and the cause of amethyst coloration was discussed based on the results of X-ray diffraction, ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy. The results show that the amethyst color has no significant relationship with cell parameters but the crystallinity index decreases as temperature rises. The absorption band at 545 nm in the UV–visible spectrum can be related to a charge-transfer transition of Fe3+ and O2−, which has a significant relationship with amethyst lightness and chroma. The color at different temperatures can be divided into three stages: The amethyst stage with temperature below 420 °C, the prasiolite stage with temperature between 420 and 440 °C where the color center is the most unstable, the citrine stage with temperature above 440 °C. The color change degree of heated amethyst is related to its initial color. When the initial color is darker, the color difference of heated amethyst is larger, and the easier it is to change the color after heat treatment. A more appropriate heating temperature to obtain citrine by heating amethyst is about 560 °C.
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title	Study on the effect of heat treatment on amethyst color and the cause of coloration
title_short	Study on the effect of heat treatment on amethyst color and the cause of coloration
title_full	Study on the effect of heat treatment on amethyst color and the cause of coloration
title_fullStr	Study on the effect of heat treatment on amethyst color and the cause of coloration
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Study on the effect of heat treatment on amethyst color and the cause of coloration

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