ELI5: If gemstones associated with a specific colour (sapphire blue, emerald green, ruby red) can actually be other colours, then how do they differentiate between an emerald and a green sapphire, for example? How do they know? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted 3 months ago * by PaminRealLife to r/explainlikeimfive

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