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Fire Opal and Chrome Pyrope Optical Properties


Chrome Pyrope and Fire Opal Optical Properties


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Fire Opal and Chrome Pyrope Optic Character

Fire Opal and Chrome Pyrope optical properties play a significant role while distinguishing these gemstones from each other. These properties are influenced by the Fire Opal and Chrome Pyrope 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 Fire Opal and Chrome Pyrope 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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Fire Opal and Chrome Pyrope Transparency

Similar to their colors, Fire Opal and Chrome Pyrope 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, Fire Opal is Translucent and Transparent while Fire Opal is Translucent and Transparent in appearance.

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