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Anhydrite Vs Vermeil


Vermeil Vs Anhydrite


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Origin
Mexico   
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Color
Colorless, Blue, Violet, White, Brown, Colorless, Blue, Violet, White, rose, Brown, gray, Colorless, White, Violet, gray, Colorless, White, Violet, gray   
White, Colorless, Blue, Red, Green, Yellow, Violet   

Streak
White   
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For which Rashi?
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Planet
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Element of Planets
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Ring Metal
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Energy
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Powers
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Planetary
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Talisman
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Physical Properties

Tenacity
Brittle   
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Solubility
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Durability
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Specific Gravity
2.90-2.98   
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Fracture
Conchoidal, Brittle, Conchoidal, UnevenArthur Thomas, Gemstones (2009), Brittle, Conchoidal   
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Cleavage
Rare tabular and prismatic crystals. Usually occurs as fibrous, parallel veins that break off into cleavage fragments.   
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Mohs Hardness
3.5   
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Chemical Composition
CaSO 4Michael O’Donoghue , Gems, Sixth edition (2006) More from other references   
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Optical Properties

Luster
Pearly, Greasy   
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Pleochroism
For violet varieties   
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Dispersion
0.01   
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Transparency
Transparent   
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Refractive Index
1.570-1.614   
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Optic Character
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Crystal System
Orthorhombic   
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Birefringence
0.042-0.044   
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Clarity
Transparent   
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Benefits

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Anhydrite Vs Vermeil Fracture

Fracture is an important parameter when you compare Anhydrite and Vermeil Physical Properties. It is necessary to understand the significance of these properties, before you compare Anhydrite Vs Vermeil 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 Anhydrite is Brittle, Brittle, Conchoidal, Conchoidal, Conchoidal, Gemstones (2009) and UnevenArthur Thomas.

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Anhydrite Vs Vermeil Luster

A primary knowledge about Anhydrite vs Vermeil 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. Anhydrite exhibits Greasy and Pearly luster.

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