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Eudialyte and Diamond Optical Properties

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Optical Properties

Luster

Vitreous
Adamantine

Pleochroism

Weak: O= colorless
None

Dispersion

0.010.04
0.005 1
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Transparency

Translucent
Transparent, Translucent, Transparent to opaque

Refractive Index

1.591-1.6332.417-2.419
1 3.25
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Optic Character

-
-

Crystal System

Trigonal
cubic

Birefringence

0.003-0.010-9999
0 0.296
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Clarity

Translucent
Transparent

Eudialyte and Diamond Optic Character

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

Similar to their colors, Eudialyte and Diamond 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.