Anatase Vs Apache Tear
Origin
Switzerland
  
Not Available, Southern and central Africa
  
Color
Colorless, Yellow, Blue, Reddish, Black, Reddish, Brown, Blue, gray, Black, Reddish, Brown, Blue, gray
  
Brown
  
Streak
White
  
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For which Rashi?
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Aries, Capricorn, Aries, Capricorn, Aries, Capricorn
  
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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Projective
  
Deities
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Black Madonna, Isis, Horus
  
Not to wear with
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Powers
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Protection
  
Birthstone
  
  
Planetary
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Talisman
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Tenacity
Brittle
  
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Solubility
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Durability
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Specific Gravity
3.82-3.97
  
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Fracture
Subconchoidal, Conchoidal, Brittle, ConchoidalArthur Thomas, Gemstones (2009)
  
Conchoidal
  
Cleavage
Perfect on [001] and [011]
  
Not Available
  
Mohs Hardness
5.5-6
  
5-5.5
  
Chemical Composition
TiO 2Michael OâDonoghue , Gems, Sixth edition (2006) More from other references
  
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Luster
Adamantine
  
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Pleochroism
Weak
  
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Dispersion
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Transparency
Transparent
  
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Refractive Index
2.488-2.562
  
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Optic Character
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Crystal System
tetragonal
  
Amorphous
  
Birefringence
0.073
  
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Clarity
Transparent
  
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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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Anatase Vs Apache Tear Fracture
Fracture is an important parameter when you compare Anatase and Apache Tear Physical Properties. It is necessary to understand the significance of these properties, before you compare Anatase Vs Apache Tear 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. Fracture observed in Anatase is Brittle, Conchoidal, ConchoidalArthur Thomas, Gemstones (2009) and Subconchoidal. Apache Tear fracture is Conchoidal.
Anatase Vs Apache Tear Luster
A primary knowledge about Anatase vs Apache Tear 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. Anatase exhibits Adamantine luster.