Pink Laser Sapphire Cabochons, Titanium Strawberry Sapphire TikTok suggesting maybe codoping with erbium

suggesting maybe codoping with erbium or cerium(

This allows a laser to charge its crystal up to a higher energy level before suddenly releasing it all in a single powerful burst instead of shooting out in a continuous beam

They are great for any lover of science

Note that the crystals are still not completely perfect

lab-created alexandrite gems faceted from crystals grown for lasers

Pink Laser Sapphire Cabochons, Titanium Strawberry Sapphire TikTok suggesting maybe codoping with erbiumThese are cabochons cut from titanium laser sapphire. These labgrown sapphires have bubbles in them from the growth process we call this variety 'strawberry sapphires' since they have seeds, hence the carvings. The bubbles have a directional flow to them, following the movement of the sapphire melt during crysatllization, and many are deep blue black due to iron contamination. Titanium sapphire is a very unusual variety of sapphire, never found in