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Grossular Garnet and Inderite Optical Properties

1 Optical Properties
1.1 Luster
Vitreous, Adamantine
Vitreous, Pearly, Greasy
1.2 Pleochroism
Not Available
Not Available
1.3 Dispersion
Albite Optical ..
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Fluorite Optical Properties
1.4 Transparency
Transparent
Gemmological Tables (2004)
1.5 Refractive Index
1.738-1.745
1.488-1.505
1.6 Optic Character
Not Available
Biaxial/+
1.7 Crystal System
Isometric
Monoclinic Prismatic H-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: P 21/a
1.8 Birefringence
Not Available
0.017
1.9 Clarity
Transparent
TransparentUlrich Henn and Claudio C. Milisenda

Grossular Garnet and Inderite Optic Character

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

Grossular Garnet and Inderite Transparency

Similar to their colors, Grossular Garnet and Inderite 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.