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Cavansite Vs Gibbsite


Gibbsite Vs Cavansite


Astrology

Origin
India   
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Color
Blue, Greenish, Greenish, Blue   
Green, White, gray, Green, White, gray   

Streak
Blue, White   
White   

For which Rashi?
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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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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
2.25-2.33   
2.35   

Fracture
Brittle, Metallic, Brittle, Metallic   
Fibrous, Difficult, Fibrous   

Cleavage
Good on {010}   
{001} Perfect   

Mohs Hardness
3-4   
2.5-3   

Chemical Composition
Ca(VO)Si4O10•4(H2O)   
Al(OH)3   

Optical Properties

Luster
Vitreous, Pearly   
Vitreous, Pearly   

Pleochroism
Visible: X=Z= colorless Y= blue   
colorless.   

Dispersion
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Transparency
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Refractive Index
1.542   
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Optic Character
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Crystal System
Orthorhombic   
monoclinic   

Birefringence
0.009   
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Clarity
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Benefits

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Reproductive
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Psychology
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Cavansite Vs Gibbsite Fracture

Fracture is an important parameter when you compare Cavansite and Gibbsite Physical Properties. It is necessary to understand the significance of these properties, before you compare Cavansite Vs Gibbsite 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 Cavansite is Brittle, Brittle, Metallic and Metallic. Gibbsite fracture is Difficult, Fibrous and Fibrous.

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Cavansite Vs Gibbsite Luster

A primary knowledge about Cavansite vs Gibbsite 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. Cavansite exhibits Pearly and Vitreous luster. Gibbsite, on other hand, exhibits Pearly and Vitreous luster.

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