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Cinnabar Vs Bort


Bort Vs Cinnabar


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Origin
Spain, China   
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Color
Red, gray, Brown, pink   
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Streak
Scarlet, Red   
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Planet
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Physical Properties

Tenacity
Slightly sectile   
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Solubility
1.04 x 10−25 g per 100 ml water (Ksp at 25°C = 2 x 10−32)   
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Durability
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Specific Gravity
2   
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Fracture
Uneven, Uneven, Gemstones (2009), Brittle   
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Cleavage
Prismatic {10 1 0}, perfect   
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Mohs Hardness
2-2.5   
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Chemical Composition
HgSMichael O’Donoghue , Gems, Sixth Edition (2006) More from other references   
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Optical Properties

Luster
Adamantine   
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Pleochroism
NilArthur Thomas   
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Dispersion
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Transparency
Translucent   
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Refractive Index
2.905-3.25   
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Optic Character
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Crystal System
Trigonal   
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Birefringence
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Clarity
Translucent   
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Benefits

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Cinnabar Vs Bort Fracture

Fracture is an important parameter when you compare Cinnabar and Bort Physical Properties. It is necessary to understand the significance of these properties, before you compare Cinnabar Vs Bort 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 Cinnabar is Brittle, Gemstones (2009), Uneven and Uneven.

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Cinnabar Vs Bort Luster

A primary knowledge about Cinnabar vs Bort 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. Cinnabar exhibits Adamantine luster.

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