“…The absorption spectra of the samples show a strong absorption band in the 495 nm range for X, Y and Z, and an additional band in the Z direction located at 565 nm (Figure 5a, Table I). The absorption bands in the visible are assigned provisionally to Ti 3+ which replaces Al 3+ in the chrysoberyl structure, which is consistent with literature data (Segawa et al, 1987;Anzai et al, , 1988Sugimoto et al, 1989). The spectra from the randomly orientated faceted stones (Figure 5b) are consistent with these data.…”