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Grossular Garnet
Grossular Garnet

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Grossular Garnet and Herderite Optical Properties

1 Optical Properties
1.1 Luster
Vitreous, Adamantine
Vitreous
1.2 Pleochroism
Not Available
Not Available
1.3 Dispersion
NANA
Fluorite Optical Properties
0.007 1
1.4 Transparency
Transparent
Transparent
1.5 Refractive Index
1.738-1.7451.587-1.642
Agate Opal
1 3.25
1.6 Optic Character
Not Available
Biaxial/+
1.7 Crystal System
Isometric
monoclinic
1.8 Birefringence
Not Available0.028-0.032
Achroite
0 0.296
1.9 Clarity
Transparent
Transparent

Grossular Garnet and Herderite Optic Character

Grossular Garnet and Herderite optical properties play a significant role while distinguishing these gemstones from each other. These properties are influenced by the Grossular Garnet and Herderite 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 Grossular Garnet and Herderite 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. Herderite has Biaxial/+ character.

Grossular Garnet and Herderite Transparency

Similar to their colors, Grossular Garnet and Herderite 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, Grossular Garnet is Transparent while Grossular Garnet is Transparent in appearance.