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Cinnabar and Antimony trioxide Optical Properties


Antimony trioxide and Cinnabar Optical Properties


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Cinnabar and Antimony trioxide Optic Character

Cinnabar and Antimony trioxide optical properties play a significant role while distinguishing these gemstones from each other. These properties are influenced by the Cinnabar and Antimony trioxide Physical Properties like crystallographic symmetry, pleochroism,etc. in the crystal. Some of the optical properties are refractive index, luster, optic character, pleochroism etc. Prominent among these is Cinnabar and Antimony trioxide optic character. You might have noticed your gemologist rotating the gemstone while testing it. Rotating a gemstone along its optic axis helps in determining its optic character.

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Cinnabar and Antimony trioxide Transparency

Similar to their colors, Cinnabar and Antimony trioxide transparency can also be used as criteria for their primary identification. Although transparency cannot be the only criteria for gemstone identification, it can efficiently used in gemstone grading. Talking about their transparency, Cinnabar is Translucent while Cinnabar is Translucent in appearance.

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