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Circular dichroism spectra of synthetic amethyst crystals

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The axial circular-dichroism spectrum of a synthetic amethyst crystal has been studied for the first time. Bands both of the positive and negative signs are revealed. New information on the color centers of amethyst and their electronic structure is obtained.

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  1. Moscow Institute of Engineering Physics, Kashirskoe sh. 31, Moscow, 115409, Russia

    V. I. Burkov & E. V. Fedotov

  2. Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 31, Moscow, 119907, Russia

    A. V. Egorysheva & Yu. F. Kargin

  3. All-Russia Research Institute for Synthesis of Mineral Raw Materials, Aleksandrov, Moscow oblast, Russia

    A. A. Mar’in

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Translated from Kristallografiya, Vol. 50, No. 3, 2005, pp. 507–510.

Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Burkov, Egorysheva, Kargin, Mar’in, Fedotov.

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Burkov, V.I., Egorysheva, A.V., Kargin, Y.F. et al. Circular dichroism spectra of synthetic amethyst crystals. Crystallogr. Rep. 50, 461–464 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1927610

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