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dendritic agate and Alexandrite Optical Properties

1 Optical Properties
1.1 Luster
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Vitreous
1.2 Pleochroism
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Not Available
1.3 Dispersion
Albite Optical ..
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
Fluorite Optical Properties
1.4 Transparency
TranslucentWalter Schumann, Gemstones of the world (2001)
Transparent, Transparent to nearly opaque
1.5 Refractive Index
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1.739-1.770
1.6 Optic Character
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Biaxial/+
1.7 Crystal System
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Orthorhombic
1.8 Birefringence
Not Available
0.007-0.010
1.9 Clarity
TranslucentWalter Schumann
Transparent

dendritic agate and Alexandrite Optic Character

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

dendritic agate and Alexandrite Transparency

Similar to their colors, dendritic agate and Alexandrite 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, dendritic agate is Gemstones of the world (2001) and TranslucentWalter Schumann while dendritic agate is Gemstones of the world (2001) and TranslucentWalter Schumann in appearance.

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