Catapleiite Vs Thaumasite
Origin
Not Available, Southern and central Africa
  
Southern and central Africa
  
Color
Blue, Brown, Colorless, Yellow, Blue, Brown, Colorless, Yellow
  
Colorless, White
  
Streak
White
  
White
  
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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Not Available
  
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
Not Available
  
Brittle
  
Solubility
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Durability
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Specific Gravity
2.72
  
1.91
  
Fracture
Brittle, Metallic, Brittle, Metallic
  
Subconchoidal, ConchoidalAnthony et al, Handbook of mineralogy (2001), Brittle, Conchoidal
  
Cleavage
{110} Perfect, {010} Perfect
  
Indistinct
  
Mohs Hardness
5-6
  
3.5
  
Chemical Composition
Na 2ZrSi 3O 9 · 2H 2OMichael OâDonoghue , Gems, Sixth Edition (2006)
  
Ca 6Si 2(CO 3) 2(SO 4) 2(OH) 12 · 24H 2OUlrich Henn and Claudio C.
  
Luster
Vitreous
  
Vitreous, Silky
  
Pleochroism
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Dispersion
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Transparency
TransparentUlrich Henn and Claudio C. Milisenda, Gemmological Tables (2004)
  
Gemmological Tables (2004) More from other references
  
Refractive Index
1.590-1.629
  
1.467-1.505
  
Optic Character
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Crystal System
Monoclinic Prismatic H-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: B2/b (pseudo-HEX)
  
Hexagonal
  
Birefringence
0.039
  
0.038
  
Clarity
TransparentUlrich Henn and Claudio C. Milisenda
  
TransparentUlrich Henn and Claudio C. Milisenda
  
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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Catapleiite Vs Thaumasite Fracture
Fracture is an important parameter when you compare Catapleiite and Thaumasite Physical Properties. It is necessary to understand the significance of these properties, before you compare Catapleiite Vs Thaumasite 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 Catapleiite is Brittle, Brittle, Metallic and Metallic. Thaumasite fracture is Brittle, Conchoidal, ConchoidalAnthony et al, Handbook of mineralogy (2001) and Subconchoidal.
Catapleiite Vs Thaumasite Luster
A primary knowledge about Catapleiite vs Thaumasite 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. Catapleiite exhibits Vitreous luster. Thaumasite, on other hand, exhibits Silky and Vitreous luster.