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Gahnospinel and Mimetite Optical Properties


Mimetite and Gahnospinel Optical Properties


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Gahnospinel and Mimetite Optic Character

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

Similar to their colors, Gahnospinel and Mimetite 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, Gahnospinel is Gemmological Tables (2004) while Gahnospinel is Gemmological Tables (2004) in appearance.

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