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Citrine and Herderite Optical Properties

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1 Optical Properties
1.1 Luster
Vitreous
Vitreous
1.2 Pleochroism
Natural: weak; yellow light yellow.
Not Available
1.3 Dispersion
Albite Optical ..
0.01
Rank: 27 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Fluorite Optical Properties
1.4 Transparency
Transparent
Transparent
1.5 Refractive Index
1.544-1.553
1.587-1.642
1.6 Optic Character
Not Available
Biaxial/+
1.7 Crystal System
Trigonal
monoclinic
1.8 Birefringence
0.009
0.028-0.032
1.9 Clarity
Transparent
Transparent

Citrine and Herderite Optic Character

Citrine and Herderite optical properties play a significant role while distinguishing these gemstones from each other. These properties are influenced by the Citrine and Herderite 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 Herderite 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. Herderite has Biaxial/+ character.

Citrine and Herderite Transparency

Similar to their colors, Citrine and Herderite 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.