Using phosphorescence as a fingerprint for the Hope and other blue diamonds

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-86

  Eaton Magaña, Sally ^a,e   Post, Jeffrey E ^b   Heaney, Peter J ^c   Freitas, Jaime ^a   Klein, Paul ^a   Walters, Roy ^d   Butler, James E ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Ocean Optics Inc   (United States)

^e GIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Donor acceptor pair recombination; Fingerprinting; Phosphorescence; Type IIb diamond

Indexed keywords

BLUE DIAMONDS; DONOR-ACCEPTOR PAIR RECOMBINATION; FINGERPRINTING;

DIAMONDS; LUMINESCENCE; PHOSPHORESCENCE; SPECTROMETERS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

MINERALOGY;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; COLOR; DIAMOND; LUMINESCENCE; SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 38349060958     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24170A.1     Document Type: Article

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