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Geodes and Painite Optical Properties

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Optical Properties

Luster

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Pleochroism

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Strong dichroism: yellow-brown red to brown-violet (pinkish samples: nearly colorless pale orangy-pink)Herve Nicolas Lazzarelli

Dispersion

0.010.02
0.005 1
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Transparency

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Refractive Index

-99991.787-1.816
1 3.25
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Optic Character

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Crystal System

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Birefringence

-99990.029
0 0.296
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Clarity

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Geodes and Painite Optic Character

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

Geodes and Painite Transparency

Similar to their colors, Geodes and Painite 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, Geodes is while Geodes is in appearance.