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Bixbite Vs Jet


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Jet Vs Bixbite


Astrology

Origin
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Color
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Streak
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For which Rashi?
Taurus, Aries, Taurus, Aries, Taurus, Aries   
Capricorn   

Planet
Moon   
Saturn   

Element of Planets
Water   
Earth   

How to Wear?
  
  

Finger
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Ring Metal
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Energy
Receptive   
Receptive   

Deities
Mars   
Cybele   

Not to wear with
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Physical Properties

Tenacity
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Solubility
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Durability
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Specific Gravity
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1.19-1.35   

Fracture
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ConchoidalWalter Schumann, ConchoidalWalter Schumann, Gemstones of the world (2001) More from other references   

Cleavage
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Mohs Hardness
7.5   
2.5-4   

Chemical Composition
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Optical Properties

Luster
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Waxy   

Pleochroism
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AbsentWalter Schumann   

Dispersion
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None   

Transparency
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Refractive Index
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1.640-1.680   

Optic Character
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Crystal System
Hexagonal   
Amorphous   

Birefringence
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Clarity
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Gemmological Tables (2004) More from other references   

Benefits

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Reproductive
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Bixbite Vs Jet Fracture

Fracture is an important parameter when you compare Bixbite and Jet Physical Properties. It is necessary to understand the significance of these properties, before you compare Bixbite Vs Jet 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. Jet fracture is ConchoidalWalter Schumann, ConchoidalWalter Schumann and Gemstones of the world (2001) More from other references.

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Bixbite Vs Jet Luster

A primary knowledge about Bixbite vs Jet 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. Jet, on other hand, exhibits Waxy luster.

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