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Gaspeite Vs Clintonite


Clintonite Vs Gaspeite


Astrology

Origin
Canada, Australia   
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Color
Green   
Colorless, Yellow, Brown, Green, Colorless, Green, Yellow, Red, Reddish, Brown   

Streak
Yellow, Green, Yellow, Green   
White, Yellow, Colorless   

For which Rashi?
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Planet
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Element of Planets
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How to Wear?
  
  

Finger
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Ring Metal
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Energy
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Deities
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Not to wear with
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Powers
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Planetary
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Talisman
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Physical Properties

Tenacity
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Brittle   

Solubility
HCl soluble   
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Durability
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Specific Gravity
3.71   
3.0-3.1   

Fracture
Uneven   
Brittle, Metallic, Brittle, Metallic   

Cleavage
{10 1 1} Good   
Perfect on {001}   

Mohs Hardness
4.5-5   
3.5   

Chemical Composition
(Ni,Mg,Fe++)CO3   
Ca(Mg,Al)3(Al3Si)O10(OH)2   

Optical Properties

Luster
Vitreous   
Vitreous, Pearly   

Pleochroism
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X = colorless   

Dispersion
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Transparency
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Refractive Index
1.830   
1.643-1.648   

Optic Character
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Crystal System
Trigonal   
monoclinic   

Birefringence
0.220   
0.012-0.015   

Clarity
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Benefits

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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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Gaspeite Vs Clintonite Fracture

Fracture is an important parameter when you compare Gaspeite and Clintonite Physical Properties. It is necessary to understand the significance of these properties, before you compare Gaspeite Vs Clintonite 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 Gaspeite is Uneven. Clintonite fracture is Brittle, Brittle, Metallic and Metallic.

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Gaspeite Vs Clintonite Luster

A primary knowledge about Gaspeite vs Clintonite 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. Gaspeite exhibits Vitreous luster. Clintonite, on other hand, exhibits Pearly and Vitreous luster.

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