Fluorapatite Vs Gaspeite
Origin
Southern and central Africa
  
Canada, Australia
  
Color
Violet, Blue, Yellow, Brown, White, Colorless
  
Green
  
Streak
White
  
Yellow, Green, Yellow, Green
  
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Tenacity
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HCl soluble
  
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Specific Gravity
3.1-3.25
  
3.71
  
Fracture
Uneven, Uneven, ConchoidalAnthony et al, Handbook of mineralogy (2001)
  
Uneven
  
Cleavage
Indistinct
  
{10 1 1} Good
  
Mohs Hardness
5
  
4.5-5
  
Chemical Composition
Ca 5(PO 4) 3FAnthony et al , Handbook of mineralogy (2001)
  
(Ni,Mg,Fe++)CO3
  
Luster
Vitreous, Resinous
  
Vitreous
  
Pleochroism
Weak to strong if coloreD
  
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Dispersion
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Transparency
Transparent
  
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Refractive Index
1.631-1.650
  
1.830
  
Optic Character
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Crystal System
Hexagonal
  
Trigonal
  
Birefringence
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0.220
  
Clarity
Transparent
  
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Fluorapatite Vs Gaspeite Fracture
Fracture is an important parameter when you compare Fluorapatite and Gaspeite Physical Properties. It is necessary to understand the significance of these properties, before you compare Fluorapatite Vs Gaspeite fracture. Whenever a gemstone chip breaks, it leaves a characteristic line along its breakage. Such lines are known as fracture and are used to identify the gemstones in their initial stages of production when they are in the form of rough minerals. Fracture is usually described with the terms “fibrous” and “splintery” to denote a fracture that usually leaves elongated and sharp edges. Fracture observed in Fluorapatite is ConchoidalAnthony et al, Handbook of mineralogy (2001), Uneven and Uneven. Gaspeite fracture is Uneven.
Fluorapatite Vs Gaspeite Luster
A primary knowledge about Fluorapatite vs Gaspeite luster is useful in apparent identifications of these gemstones. Luster is the measure of light that gets reflected when incident on a finished cut gemstone. There are two major types of lusters: Silky and Adamantine. Since luster varies between two crystals of even the same gemstone, luster is limited to basic identification criteria. Fluorapatite exhibits Resinous and Vitreous luster. Gaspeite, on other hand, exhibits Vitreous luster.