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Citrine and Fire Agate Optical Properties

1 Optical Properties
1.1 Luster
Vitreous
Waxy, Vitreous, Greasy, Silky
1.2 Pleochroism
Natural: weak; yellow light yellow.
AbsentWalter Schumann
1.3 Dispersion
Albite Optical ..
0.01
Rank: 27 (Overall)
None
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Fluorite Optical Properties
1.4 Transparency
Transparent
Translucent
1.5 Refractive Index
1.544-1.553
1.530-1.543
1.6 Optic Character
Not Available
Not Available
1.7 Crystal System
Trigonal
Trigonal
1.8 Birefringence
0.009
0.003-0.009
1.9 Clarity
Transparent
Translucent

Citrine and Fire Agate Optic Character

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

Citrine and Fire Agate Transparency

Similar to their colors, Citrine and Fire Agate 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.