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Eudialyte
Eudialyte

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Eudialyte and Cinnabar Optical Properties

Optical Properties

Luster

Vitreous
Adamantine

Pleochroism

Weak: O= colorless
-

Dispersion

0.010.06
0.005 1
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Transparency

Translucent
Translucent

Refractive Index

1.591-1.6332.905-3.25
1 3.25
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Optic Character

-
-

Crystal System

Trigonal
Trigonal

Birefringence

0.003-0.010-9999
0 0.296
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Clarity

Translucent
Translucent

Eudialyte and Cinnabar Optic Character

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

Eudialyte and Cinnabar Transparency

Similar to their colors, Eudialyte and Cinnabar 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, Eudialyte is Translucent while Eudialyte is Translucent in appearance.