Origin
Mexico, USA, Canada, Madagascar, Spain, Russia, Sri Lanka, India, Burma, Color: green, greenish yellow, blue, violet, Hardness: 5, Refractive index: 1.60 1.67, Density: 3.17 3.35, Chemical composition: Phosphate composition, Crystal structure: hexagonal, Lustre: vitreous, Origins: Mexico, USA, Canada, Madagascar, Spain, Russia, Sri Lanka, India, brown, green, Yellow, violet, brown, green, Yellow, violet
  
USA, Southern and central Africa, green, blue, China, India, USA, Italy, green, blue, China, India, USA, Italy
  
Color
Yellow, Green, Blue, Blue, Green, White, Yellow, Green, Red, Blue, Green, Colorless, Yellow, Blue, Violet, pink, Brown
  
White, Yellow
  
Streak
White
  
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For which Rashi?
Gemini
  
Gemini
  
Planet
Mercury
  
Saturn
  
Element of Planets
Earth
  
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How to Wear?
  
  
Finger
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Ring Metal
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Energy
Projective
  
Projective
  
Deities
Jupiter/Neptune
  
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Not to wear with
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Powers
Healing
  
Healing
  
Birthstone
  
  
Planetary
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Talisman
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Tenacity
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Solubility
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Durability
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Specific Gravity
3.16-3.23
  
2.44-2.62
  
Fracture
Conchoidal, Uneven, Conchoidal, Brittle, ConchoidalArthur Thomas, Gemstones (2009), Conchoidal to uneven
  
Uneven, Uneven, Gemstones of the world (2001) More from other references
  
Cleavage
[0001] indistinct, [1010] indistinct
  
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Mohs Hardness
5
  
2.5-5.5
  
Chemical Composition
Ca 5(PO 4) 3(F,OH,Cl)Walter Schumann , Gemstones of the world (2001) More from other references
  
H 4Mg 3Si 2O 9Walter Schumann , Gemstones of the world (2001) More from other references
  
Luster
Vitreous
  
Vitreous, Greasy, Silky
  
Pleochroism
Blue stones – strong
  
AbsentWalter Schumann
  
Dispersion
None
  
Transparency
Gemmological Tables (2004) More from other references
  
Translucent
  
Refractive Index
1.628-1.651
  
1.560-1.571
  
Optic Character
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Crystal System
Hexagonal
  
monoclinic
  
Birefringence
0.002-0.008
  
0.008-0.014
  
Clarity
TransparentUlrich Henn and Claudio C. Milisenda
  
Translucent
  
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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Apatite Vs Serpentine Fracture
Fracture is an important parameter when you compare Apatite and Serpentine Physical Properties. It is necessary to understand the significance of these properties, before you compare Apatite Vs Serpentine 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 Apatite is Brittle, Conchoidal, Conchoidal, Conchoidal to uneven, ConchoidalArthur Thomas, Gemstones (2009) and Uneven. Serpentine fracture is Gemstones of the world (2001) More from other references, Uneven and Uneven.
Apatite Vs Serpentine Luster
A primary knowledge about Apatite vs Serpentine 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. Apatite exhibits Vitreous luster. Serpentine, on other hand, exhibits Greasy, Silky and Vitreous luster.