The absorption spectra of thin polycrystalline C70 specimens have been
measured in the energy range 1-3 eV at T = 300 K and pressures up to
10 GPa. The pressure dependence of the fundamental absorption edge pos
ition has been defined. A mean rate of the pressure shift is found to
be - (0.1 +/- 0.005) eV GPa in the starting range and - (0.029 +/- 0.0
05) eV GPa-1 at 10 GPa.