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Cubic Zirconia Vs Brucite


Brucite Vs Cubic Zirconia


Astrology

Origin
Southern and central Africa   
Pakistan   

Color
Colorless, Yellow, Brown   
White, Green, Blue, Yellow, Brownish, Red, Blue, gray, Yellow, White   

Streak
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White   

For which Rashi?
Chakra Gemstone Properties   
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Planet
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Element of Planets
Earth   
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How to Wear?
  
  

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Ring Metal
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Energy
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Deities
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Not to wear with
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Powers
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Planetary
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Talisman
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Physical Properties

Tenacity
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Sectile   

Solubility
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Durability
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Specific Gravity
5.50-6.00   
2.39   

Fracture
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Irregular   

Cleavage
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Perfect on {0001}   

Mohs Hardness
8.5   
2.5   

Chemical Composition
ZrO 2 + CaO or Y 2O 3 or MgOUlrich Henn and Claudio C.   
Mg(OH) 2Michael O’Donoghue , Gems, Sixth Edition (2006)   

Optical Properties

Luster
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Vitreous, Pearly   

Pleochroism
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Dispersion
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Transparency
Transparent   
TransparentMichael O’Donoghue, Gems, Sixth Edition (2006)   

Refractive Index
2.150-2.182   
1.56-1.60   

Optic Character
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Crystal System
Isometric   
Trigonal   

Birefringence
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0.010-0.020   

Clarity
Transparent   
TransparentMichael O’Donoghue   

Benefits

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Cardiovascular
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Reproductive
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Cubic Zirconia Vs Brucite Fracture

Fracture is an important parameter when you compare Cubic Zirconia and Brucite Physical Properties. It is necessary to understand the significance of these properties, before you compare Cubic Zirconia Vs Brucite 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. Brucite fracture is Irregular.

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Cubic Zirconia Vs Brucite Luster

A primary knowledge about Cubic Zirconia vs Brucite 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. Brucite, on other hand, exhibits Pearly and Vitreous luster.

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