Irradiated naturally, as should be specified. Natural Amethyst is ‘sunburned’ over millions of years, causing iron inside the quartz to change to purple. Amethyst is also so common the market share is likely natural instead of using treatment (heat/irradiation). As a matter of fact, Amethyst is used to create other crystals such as Praseolite (Green Quartz, rare in nature, produced due to low level heat), and other stones via heat or irradiation.
Amethyst reacts to natural radiation in rocks surrounding it via iron inclusions, whereas smoky quartz is made via natural (again millions of years) of irradiation (‘sunburn’) in pegmatite and granitic formations that effect aluminium inclusions.
Amethyst and Smoky Quartz (and their respective inclusions) are non-radioactive or, in the case of some Potassium-40 bearing Feldspar specimens in Smoky, below background radiation and under the [Banana Equivalent Dose](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_equivalent_dose), as Potassium-40 is also present in bananas.
Irradiated as part of its natural development. Heat treating it to be yellow is the artificial color. The Greeks used it for drinking goblets to avoid hangovers.
Yeah we call literally the same gems different things based on color, and we don’t have a consistent pattern either. Like some of the Quartz have the word Quartz in the name (Milky Quartz, Smoky Quartz), but others like Amethyst and Jasper have their own names.
Corundum’s are usually Sapphires…unless it’s red then we call it a Ruby…or Orange which has that weird name with the P.
Beryl? Green we call an Emerald, pink is Morganite, blue is Aquamarines, yellow is Helidors, and Red is…just Red Beryl we didn’t name it anything else
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Irradiated naturally, as should be specified. Natural Amethyst is ‘sunburned’ over millions of years, causing iron inside the quartz to change to purple. Amethyst is also so common the market share is likely natural instead of using treatment (heat/irradiation). As a matter of fact, Amethyst is used to create other crystals such as Praseolite (Green Quartz, rare in nature, produced due to low level heat), and other stones via heat or irradiation.
Amethyst reacts to natural radiation in rocks surrounding it via iron inclusions, whereas smoky quartz is made via natural (again millions of years) of irradiation (‘sunburn’) in pegmatite and granitic formations that effect aluminium inclusions.
Amethyst and Smoky Quartz (and their respective inclusions) are non-radioactive or, in the case of some Potassium-40 bearing Feldspar specimens in Smoky, below background radiation and under the [Banana Equivalent Dose](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_equivalent_dose), as Potassium-40 is also present in bananas.
Irradiated as part of its natural development. Heat treating it to be yellow is the artificial color. The Greeks used it for drinking goblets to avoid hangovers.
I think citrine is also quartz.
Oh, well, then fuck amethyst. I don’t like liars.
Ha! Jokes on you. My amethyst necklace off eBay is just swirly glass with purple dye. No radiation here.
… wait
Yeah we call literally the same gems different things based on color, and we don’t have a consistent pattern either. Like some of the Quartz have the word Quartz in the name (Milky Quartz, Smoky Quartz), but others like Amethyst and Jasper have their own names.
Corundum’s are usually Sapphires…unless it’s red then we call it a Ruby…or Orange which has that weird name with the P.
Beryl? Green we call an Emerald, pink is Morganite, blue is Aquamarines, yellow is Helidors, and Red is…just Red Beryl we didn’t name it anything else
I’m just here looking for Steven Universe references