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Citrine and Chrysotile Optical Properties


Chrysotile and Citrine Optical Properties


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Citrine and Chrysotile Optic Character

Citrine and Chrysotile optical properties play a significant role while distinguishing these gemstones from each other. These properties are influenced by the Citrine and Chrysotile 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 Citrine and Chrysotile 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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Citrine and Chrysotile Transparency

Similar to their colors, Citrine and Chrysotile 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, Citrine is Transparent while Citrine is Transparent in appearance.

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