LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 22: A rare ruby and diamond necklace and ruby earings from the 19th Century are displayed at Sotheby's in London. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) A teacher I had at ...
Spectroscopy was first used for studying minerals and gems soon after Isaac Newton attempted to separate sunlight into its component colors with the help of a prism. By the mid-1800s, researchers ...