Dinosaur Bone and Rutilated Quartz Optical Properties
Luster
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Vitreous
Pleochroism
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Transparency
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Transparent, Translucent, Transparent to translucent
Refractive Index
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1.544-1.553
Optic Character
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Crystal System
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Hexagonal
Birefringence
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0.009
Clarity
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Transparent
Dinosaur Bone and Rutilated Quartz Optic Character
Dinosaur Bone and Rutilated Quartz optical properties play a significant role while distinguishing these gemstones from each other. These properties are influenced by the Dinosaur Bone and Rutilated Quartz 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 Dinosaur Bone and Rutilated Quartz 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.
Dinosaur Bone and Rutilated Quartz Transparency
Similar to their colors, Dinosaur Bone and Rutilated Quartz 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, Dinosaur Bone is Not Available while Dinosaur Bone is Not Available in appearance.