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dendritic agate and Chrome Diopside Optical Properties


Chrome Diopside and dendritic agate Optical Properties


Optical Properties

Luster
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Vitreous   

Pleochroism
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Common trichroism: light green   

Dispersion
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Not Available   

Transparency
TranslucentWalter Schumann, Gemstones of the world (2001)   
Gems, Sixth Edition (2006)   

Refractive Index
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1.668-1.703   

Optic Character
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Not Available   

Crystal System
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monoclinic   

Birefringence
Not Available   
0.024-0.030   

Clarity
TranslucentWalter Schumann   
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dendritic agate and Chrome Diopside Optic Character

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

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dendritic agate and Chrome Diopside Transparency

Similar to their colors, dendritic agate and Chrome Diopside 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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