The color shifts from pink to orange and often looks golden on camera for some reason
typically by soaking in a sugar solution and then exposing it to sulfuric acid which carbonizes the sugar
and it has the highest brilliance and dispersion of any transparent gem material
The tops are also very well shaped for cutting dice
Laser Alexandrite: An amazing material grown mostly for medical lasers
Weird Yb:YAG Garnet Facet Rough, Experiment Gone Wrong Type:Brown, 7.7g The color shifts from pinkThis is facet rough of weird mutated Yb: YAG. We tried to have it grown, it usually comes out a vivid blue green, but this one went wrong in the process. It has a combination of browns, yellows, greens, and occasional blue, giving more of a pondwater set of colors instead of the typical deep aqua blue you get from Yb: YAG. Since this was done by accident we don't know if we'll have more, but the colors are neat!