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Grossular Garnet
Grossular Garnet

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Grossular Garnet and Titanite Optical Properties

1 Optical Properties
1.1 Luster
Vitreous, Adamantine
Subadamantine, Resinous
1.2 Pleochroism
Not Available
Strong: X = nearly colorless; Y = yellow to green; Z = red to yellow-orange
1.3 Dispersion
NANA
Fluorite Optical Properties
0.007 1
1.4 Transparency
Transparent
Not Available
1.5 Refractive Index
1.738-1.7451.885-1.990
Agate Opal
1 3.25
1.6 Optic Character
Not Available
Not Available
1.7 Crystal System
Isometric
monoclinic
1.8 Birefringence
Not Available0.105-0.135
Achroite
0 0.296
1.9 Clarity
Transparent
Not Available

Grossular Garnet and Titanite Optic Character

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

Grossular Garnet and Titanite Transparency

Similar to their colors, Grossular Garnet and Titanite 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.