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Gibbsite Vs Sylvite


Sylvite Vs Gibbsite


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Origin
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Mexico, Canada  

Color
Green, White, gray, Green, White, gray  
Colorless, White, Blue, Red, Reddish, Brownish  

Streak
White  
White  

For which Rashi?
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Planet
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Element of Planets
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Energy
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Finger
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Ring Metal
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Deities
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Planetary
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Talisman
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Physical Properties

Tenacity
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Brittle  

Solubility
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Soluble  

Durability
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Specific Gravity
2.35  
1.993  

Fracture
Fibrous, Difficult, Fibrous  
Uneven, Brittle  

Cleavage
{001} Perfect  
Perfect on [100], [010], [001]  

Mohs Hardness
2.5-3  
2.5  

Chemical Composition
Al(OH)3  
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Optical Properties

Luster
Vitreous, Pearly  
Vitreous  

Pleochroism
colorless.  
Visible in colored crystals  

Dispersion
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Transparency
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Refractive Index
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1.4903  

Optic Character
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Crystal System
monoclinic  
Isometric  

Birefringence
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Clarity
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Benefits

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Gibbsite Vs Sylvite Fracture

Fracture is an important parameter when you compare Gibbsite and Sylvite Physical Properties. It is necessary to understand the significance of these properties, before you compare Gibbsite Vs Sylvite 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 Gibbsite is Fibrous, Difficult and Fibrous. Sylvite fracture is Uneven and Brittle.

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Gibbsite Vs Sylvite Luster

A primary knowledge about Gibbsite vs Sylvite 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. Gibbsite exhibits Vitreous and Pearly luster. Sylvite, on other hand, exhibits Vitreous luster.

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