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How do gems such as sapphires and rubies get their color?

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Diamonds make up a category of their own. ... The three other types of precious stones - rubies, sapphires and emeralds - are all referred to as "colored stones". ... read more

Trace elements in minor quantities are responsible for the colours of the gemstones that you have mentioned in your question. In Rubies it is Chromium, In Blue Sapphire it is Titanium and in Yellow Sapphires it is Iron. read more

The most common trace elements in gemstones are beryllium , chromium (emerald, jade, chrome tourmaline, ruby and topaz), copper (Paraiba tourmaline, turquoise and malachite), iron (yellow sapphire, aquamarine, green tourmaline, chrysoberyl, citrine and jade), lithium (green and pink tourmaline), manganese (pink tourmaline, morganite, kunzite and spessartite garnet), sulfur (lapis lazuli), titanium and vanadium (emerald, alexandrite and color-change sapphire). read more

Emerald, ruby, and sapphire are much rarer than amethyst and the demand for these gemstones is also much higher. Therefore the prices of those gemstones are significantly higher than amethyst. If you want to comparison price emeralds, rubies, and sapphires, you would have to compare stones of equal color, saturation, size, and clarity. read more

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