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Almandine Garnet Vs Sardonyx


Sardonyx Vs Almandine Garnet


Astrology

Origin
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Southern and central Africa   

Color
Red, Black   
White, Colorless, Blue, Red, Green, Yellow, Violet   

Streak
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For which Rashi?
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Planet
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Element of Planets
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How to Wear?
  
  

Finger
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Ring Metal
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Energy
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Deities
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Not to wear with
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Powers
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Planetary
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Talisman
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Physical Properties

Tenacity
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Solubility
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Durability
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Specific Gravity
4.3   
2.55-2.70   

Fracture
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Cleavage
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Mohs Hardness
7.5-8.5   
6.5-7   

Chemical Composition
Fe3Al2Si3O12   
SiO 2Ulrich Henn and Claudio C.   

Optical Properties

Luster
Vitreous   
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Pleochroism
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Dispersion
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Transparency
Transparent, Translucent, Transparent to translucent   
Translucent   

Refractive Index
1.780-1.810   
1.530-1.543   

Optic Character
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Crystal System
Isometric   
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Birefringence
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0.008-0.010   

Clarity
Transparent to translucent   
Translucent   

Benefits

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Neurological
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Cardiovascular
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Reproductive
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Psychology
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Almandine Garnet Vs Sardonyx Fracture

Fracture is an important parameter when you compare Almandine Garnet and Sardonyx Physical Properties. It is necessary to understand the significance of these properties, before you compare Almandine Garnet Vs Sardonyx 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.

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Almandine Garnet Vs Sardonyx Luster

A primary knowledge about Almandine Garnet vs Sardonyx 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. Almandine Garnet exhibits Vitreous luster.

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