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dendritic agate
dendritic agate

Catapleiite
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dendritic agate and Catapleiite Optical Properties

Optical Properties

Luster

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Vitreous

Pleochroism

-
-

Dispersion

0.010.01
0.005 1
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Transparency

TranslucentWalter Schumann
TransparentUlrich Henn and Claudio C. Milisenda

Refractive Index

-99991.590-1.629
1 3.25
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Optic Character

-
-

Crystal System

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Monoclinic Prismatic H-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: B2/b (pseudo-HEX)

Birefringence

-99990.039
0 0.296
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Clarity

TranslucentWalter Schumann
TransparentUlrich Henn and Claudio C. Milisenda

dendritic agate and Catapleiite Optic Character

dendritic agate and Catapleiite optical properties play a significant role while distinguishing these gemstones from each other. These properties are influenced by the dendritic agate and Catapleiite 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 Catapleiite 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.

dendritic agate and Catapleiite Transparency

Similar to their colors, dendritic agate and Catapleiite 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 TranslucentWalter Schumann while dendritic agate is TranslucentWalter Schumann in appearance.