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Cordierite Vs Anatase


Anatase Vs Cordierite


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Origin
Australia, Brazil, Burma, Canada, India, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, Tanzania  
Switzerland  

Color
Blue, Violet, Greenish, Brown, Colorless, Yellow, gray  
Colorless, Yellow, Blue, Reddish, Black, Brown, gray  

Streak
White  
White  

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Physical Properties

Tenacity
Brittle  
Brittle  

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Specific Gravity
2.57-2.66  
3.82-3.97  

Fracture
Subconchoidal, Conchoidal, Brittle  
Subconchoidal, Conchoidal, Brittle, ConchoidalArthur Thomas, Gemstones (2009)  

Cleavage
Fair on {100}, poor on {001} and {010}  
Perfect on [001] and [011]  

Mohs Hardness
7-7.5  
5.5-6  

Chemical Composition
Mg2Al4Si5O18  
TiO 2Michael O’Donoghue , Gems, Sixth edition (2006) More from other references  

Optical Properties

Luster
Greasy, Vitreous  
Adamantine  

Pleochroism
X = pale yellow  
Weak  

Dispersion
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0.21  
3

Transparency
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Transparent  

Refractive Index
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2.488-2.562  

Optic Character
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Crystal System
Orthorhombic  
tetragonal  

Birefringence
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0.073  

Clarity
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Transparent  

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Cordierite Vs Anatase Fracture

Fracture is an important parameter when you compare Cordierite and Anatase Physical Properties. It is necessary to understand the significance of these properties, before you compare Cordierite Vs Anatase 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 Cordierite is Subconchoidal, Conchoidal and Brittle. Anatase fracture is Subconchoidal, Conchoidal, Brittle, ConchoidalArthur Thomas and Gemstones (2009).

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Cordierite Vs Anatase Luster

A primary knowledge about Cordierite vs Anatase 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. Cordierite exhibits Greasy and Vitreous luster. Anatase, on other hand, exhibits Adamantine luster.

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