dendritic agate and Yttrium Aluminium Garnet Optical Properties

dendritic agate

Yttrium Aluminium Garnet

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1 Optical Properties

1.1 Luster

Not Available

1.2 Pleochroism

Not Available

1.3 Dispersion

NANA

0.007 1

1.4 Transparency

TranslucentWalter Schumann, Gemstones of the world (2001)

Gemmological Tables (2004)

1.5 Refractive Index

Not Available1.833

1 3.25

1.6 Optic Character

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1.7 Crystal System

Not Available

1.8 Birefringence

Not AvailableNot Available

0 0.296

1.9 Clarity

TranslucentWalter Schumann

TransparentUlrich Henn and Claudio C. Milisenda

dendritic agate and Yttrium Aluminium Garnet Optic Character

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

Similar to their colors, dendritic agate and Yttrium Aluminium Garnet 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.