Apatite: Origin of Blue Color
- 20 September 1963
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 141 (3586), 1179-1180
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.141.3586.1179
Abstract
The optical absorption and emission spectra of natural blue apatite are similar enough to spectra of synthetic compounds containing MnO4-3 to conclude that the blue color of natural apatite results from the presence of this ion.Keywords
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