Episode

How do gemstones get their color?

Podcast: Chemistry For Your Life
Published: May 28, 2026
Duration seconds: 2680
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Summary

Gemstones come in all sorts of colors, but how do they get them? Are different stones super different at the molecular level? How do these different colors happen naturally? And how can those colors be replicated in lab-made gemstones? Let's get into it.