The "amber centres" and their relation to the brown colour in diamond

Diamond and Related Materials

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1623-1629

  Massi, L ^a   Fritsch, E ^a   Collins, A T ^b   Hainschwang, T ^c   Notari, F ^d  

^a INSTITUT DES MATÉRIAUX JEAN ROUXEL   (France)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Gemlab   (Liechtenstein)

^d Gemmological Technology Laboratory   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amber centres; Brown colour; Natural diamonds; UV Vis NIR

Indexed keywords

AMBER; COLOR; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; PHONONS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; SINGLE CRYSTALS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

AMBER CENTRES; BROWN COLOR; NATURAL DIAMONDS; UV-VIS-NIR;

DIAMONDS;

EID: 24144482830     PISSN: 09259635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diamond.2005.05.003     Document Type: Article

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