Origin
Southern and central Africa, Zimbabwe, South Africa
  
Not Available, Southern and central Africa
  
Color
Green, Blue, Green, Blue, Green
  
Colorless, Colorless, Yellow
  
Streak
Greenish, White, Greenish, White, Greenish, White
  
White
  
For which Rashi?
Virgo
  
Not Available
  
Planet
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Element of Planets
Not Available
  
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How to Wear?
  
  
Finger
Not Available
  
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Ring Metal
Not Available
  
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Energy
Not Available
  
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Deities
Gaia, Goddess, The All
  
Not Available
  
Not to wear with
Not Available
  
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Powers
Healing
  
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Birthstone
  
  
Planetary
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Talisman
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Tenacity
Not Available
  
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Solubility
Decomposed by acids
  
Not Available
  
Durability
Not Available
  
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Specific Gravity
2.96
  
2.59-2.60
  
Fracture
Not Available
  
Brittle, Metallic, Brittle, Metallic
  
Cleavage
Perfect on {010}
  
{001} Perfect, {110} Distinct, {101} Distinct
  
Mohs Hardness
5
  
6-7
  
Chemical Composition
(K,Na)3Cu20Al3Si29O76(OH)16•~8(H2O)
  
Be 4Si 2O 7(OH) 2Anthony et al , Handbook of mineralogy (2001)
  
Luster
Vitreous
  
Vitreous
  
Pleochroism
X: very light bluish green; Y and Z: brilliant bluish green
  
none.
  
Dispersion
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Transparency
Not Available
  
TransparentAnthony et al, Handbook of mineralogy (2001)
  
Refractive Index
1.550
  
1.583-1.614
  
Optic Character
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Crystal System
Triclinic
  
Orthorhombic Pyramidal H-M Symbol (mm2) Space Group: Ccm21
  
Birefringence
0.091
  
Not Available
  
Clarity
Not Available
  
TransparentAnthony et al
  
Physical
  
  
Neurological
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Cardiovascular
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Respiratory
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Reproductive
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Digestive
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Psychology
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Healing
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Qualities Associated
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Ajoite Vs Bertrandite Fracture
Fracture is an important parameter when you compare Ajoite and Bertrandite Physical Properties. It is necessary to understand the significance of these properties, before you compare Ajoite Vs Bertrandite fracture. Whenever a gemstone chip breaks, it leaves a characteristic line along its breakage. Such lines are known as fracture and are used to identify the gemstones in their initial stages of production when they are in the form of rough minerals. Fracture is usually described with the terms “fibrous” and “splintery” to denote a fracture that usually leaves elongated and sharp edges. Bertrandite fracture is Brittle, Brittle, Metallic and Metallic.
Ajoite Vs Bertrandite Luster
A primary knowledge about Ajoite vs Bertrandite luster is useful in apparent identifications of these gemstones. Luster is the measure of light that gets reflected when incident on a finished cut gemstone. There are two major types of lusters: Silky and Adamantine. Since luster varies between two crystals of even the same gemstone, luster is limited to basic identification criteria. Ajoite exhibits Vitreous luster. Bertrandite, on other hand, exhibits Vitreous luster.