Origin
Not Available, Southern and central Africa
  
Southern and central Africa
  
Color
Brown, White, Greenish, gray, Green, Brown, Brownish, White, Greenish, gray, Green, Brown, Brownish
  
White, Violet, Blue, Yellow, Brownish, Colorless, Greenish
  
Streak
gray
  
Colorless
  
For which Rashi?
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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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Birthstone
  
  
Planetary
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Talisman
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Tenacity
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Solubility
Not Available
  
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Durability
Not Available
  
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Specific Gravity
2.9-3.5
  
2.78
  
Fracture
Conchoidal, Brittle, Conchoidal, Brittle, Conchoidal, Brittle
  
Uneven, Uneven, ConchoidalAnthony et al, Handbook of mineralogy (2001), Conchoidal, Brittle
  
Cleavage
{110} Perfect, {???} Distinct, {???} Distinct
  
{???} Distinct, {???} Indistinct
  
Mohs Hardness
5.5-6
  
5-6
  
Chemical Composition
(Mg,Fe2+ ) 2(Mg,Fe2+ ) 5Si 8O 22(OH) 2Anthony et al , Handbook of mineralogy (2001)
  
3CaAl 2Si 2O 8 · CaCO 3Anthony et al , Handbook of mineralogy (2001)
  
Luster
Vitreous, Pearly
  
Vitreous, Resinous
  
Pleochroism
When Fe-rich
  
Not Available
  
Dispersion
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Transparency
Transparent
  
Transparent, Translucent
  
Refractive Index
1.603-1.690
  
1.556-1.600
  
Optic Character
Biaxial/+
  
Not Available
  
Crystal System
Orthorhombic Dipyramidal H-M Symbol (2/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: P nma
  
Not Available
  
Birefringence
Not Available
  
0.024-0.037
  
Clarity
Transparent
  
Transparent
  
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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Anthophyllite Vs Meionite Fracture
Fracture is an important parameter when you compare Anthophyllite and Meionite Physical Properties. It is necessary to understand the significance of these properties, before you compare Anthophyllite Vs Meionite 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 Anthophyllite is Brittle, Brittle, Brittle, Conchoidal, Conchoidal and Conchoidal. Meionite fracture is Brittle, Conchoidal, ConchoidalAnthony et al, Handbook of mineralogy (2001), Uneven and Uneven.
Anthophyllite Vs Meionite Luster
A primary knowledge about Anthophyllite vs Meionite 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. Anthophyllite exhibits Pearly and Vitreous luster. Meionite, on other hand, exhibits Resinous and Vitreous luster.