Origin
Australia, India
  
USA, Mexico, Austria, India, Southern and central Africa, Australia, Argentina, Mexico, Spain, Argentina, Mexico, Spain
  
Color
Yellow, Green, Red, Pale pink, Violet-red, Brown, White, Colorless, Blue, Red, Green, Yellow, pink
  
Red, Brown, rose
  
Streak
White
  
White
  
For which Rashi?
Aries, Virgo, Capricorn, Leo, Aquarius, Aries, Virgo, Capricorn, Leo, Aquarius, Aries, Virgo, Capricorn, Leo, Aquarius
  
Scorpio, Leo, Scorpio, Leo, Scorpio, Leo
  
Planet
Mars
  
Mars
  
Element of Planets
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
How to Wear?
  
  
Finger
Not Available
  
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Ring Metal
Not Available
  
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Energy
Projective
  
Projective
  
Deities
Persephone
  
Mary Magdalene
  
Not to wear with
Not Available
  
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Powers
Healing, Protection
  
Love
  
Birthstone
  
  
Planetary
Scorpio
  
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Talisman
Taurus
  
Not Available
  
Tenacity
Not Available
  
Brittle
  
Solubility
Not Available
  
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Durability
Not Available
  
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Specific Gravity
3.55-4.33
  
3.0-3.3
  
Fracture
Conchoidal, Uneven
  
Uneven, Conchoidal, Conchoidal to uneven, Brittle
  
Cleavage
Indistinct
  
On {10 1 1} perfect; parting on {10 1 2}
  
Mohs Hardness
6.5-7.5
  
3.5-4
  
Chemical Composition
Garnet is a series of several different minerals with unique chemical formulas.
  
MnCO3
  
Luster
Vitreous, Adamantine, Vitreous, Adamantine
  
Vitreous
  
Pleochroism
None
  
Weak
  
Transparency
Transparent, Transparent to translucent
  
Transparent, Opaque, Transparent to nearly opaque
  
Refractive Index
1.730-1.895
  
1.60
  
Optic Character
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Crystal System
Trigonal
  
Trigonal
  
Birefringence
Not Available
  
0.208-0.220
  
Clarity
Transparent
  
Transparent to nearly opaque
  
Physical
  
  
Neurological
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Cardiovascular
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Respiratory
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Reproductive
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Digestive
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Psychology
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Healing
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Qualities Associated
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Garnet Vs Rhodochrosite Fracture
Fracture is an important parameter when you compare Garnet and Rhodochrosite Physical Properties. It is necessary to understand the significance of these properties, before you compare Garnet Vs Rhodochrosite 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 Garnet is Conchoidal and Uneven. Rhodochrosite fracture is Brittle, Conchoidal, Conchoidal to uneven and Uneven.
Garnet Vs Rhodochrosite Luster
A primary knowledge about Garnet vs Rhodochrosite 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. Garnet exhibits Adamantine, Adamantine, Vitreous and Vitreous luster. Rhodochrosite, on other hand, exhibits Vitreous luster.