Examples include common rock-forming minerals, gem minerals, and other minerals of particular interest. Both data coordinates and images of the spectra are available for selected minerals. Information about the origin of color is available for selected minerals. More details follow. It is an updated version of the list of references which appeared in Chapter 7, Optical Spectroscopy in Reviews in Mineralogy volume 18 published by the Mineralogical Society of America .
Citations are available sorted both by mineral name and by first authors of papers.
Learn why minerals have the colors they do Be sure to see the sections illustrating and explaining the origin of color in minerals . You can learn about metal ions in crystals, intervalance charge transfer, and radiation-induced colors. Many examples are shown and explained. Representative Examples of our Data See typical spectra and learn about the instruments used to acquire them. Click here to see pictures of Mineral Spectroscopists who have co-authored 10 or more papers in mineral optical spectroscopy.