I have been told by cutters that that darker gem material will black or dark out in certain lighting (I was told this is physics, so I stuck my fingers in my ears, hummed la-la-la-la and said "I can't hear you, I can't hear you"). I had a chance to live with some Zambian amethysts for a few days. The stones gave a pretty good performance. They did dark out . . . maybe 20% of the time. But most of the time there was something happening, either color, or flashes, or glowing color within the stone, or an almost black/purplish/reddish/bluish light glowing something-or-other. Is this pretty typical for darker amethyst material, and darker material? Is there such a thing as a Zambian or Uruguayan amethyst with good inner life that retains a base purple color more than about 80% of the time? Are "black out" and "dark out" the same or different things?
I do own some stones in darker material, some are better at retaining their base color in low light than others, but all have an inner life that worth the trade off . . . to me.
Thank you for your assistance, and I will listen to physics explanations. It just hurts my head to think about it enough to understand it. I have done harder things.
I do own some stones in darker material, some are better at retaining their base color in low light than others, but all have an inner life that worth the trade off . . . to me.
Thank you for your assistance, and I will listen to physics explanations. It just hurts my head to think about it enough to understand it. I have done harder things.
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