Journal of Crystal Growth, Vol.212, No.1-2, 255-260, 2000
Industrial growth, morphology and some properties of Bi-colored amethyst-citrine quartz (ametrine)
In the middle of the 1990s the first industrial technology for producing synthetic bi-colored amethyst-citrine quartz (ametrine) was created. The technology is based on results of studies of the effect of different physical-chemical and growth factors on the formation, stability and the character of the distribution in crystals of amethyst and citrine color centers.