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dendritic agate and Rosasite Optical Properties


Rosasite and dendritic agate Optical Properties


Optical Properties

Luster
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Silky, Vitreous   

Pleochroism
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Strong: X = pale emerald green or colourless; Y = dark emerald green or pale blue; Z = dark emerald green or pale blue   

Dispersion
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Transparency
TranslucentWalter Schumann, Gemstones of the world (2001)   
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Refractive Index
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1.672-1.688   

Optic Character
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Crystal System
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monoclinic   

Birefringence
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0.139-0.143   

Clarity
TranslucentWalter Schumann   
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dendritic agate and Rosasite Optic Character

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

Similar to their colors, dendritic agate and Rosasite 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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