The science behind the color of minerals is very interesting.
Reminds me of a time when I traveled to the Canadian Rockies and passed by Lake Louise. The color of the lake is emerald/greenish color. And this other Lake, Peyto Lake has a beautiful turquoise color. When the lake is still, it looks like a piece of turquoise carpet covering the lake. It's beautiful.
Apparently the color of the lakes can be attributed to the glacial "rock flour" that are flown into the lakes and it's those suspended rock particles that give these lakes their beautiful colors.
You paint a beautiful picture! And how interesting that the lake is given a color from suspended particles. I always thought bodies of water were just mirrors reflecting the color of the sky. I wonder what the spectrum of possible colors could be. I want to see these colorful lakes!
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