Origin
Sri Lanka, India, Brazil
  
Canada, USA, Brazil, Italy, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Russia, Burma, Australia
  
Color
Green, Brown, Brown, Colorless, Green, gray, Yellow
  
Colorless, gray, Yellow, White
  
Streak
Brownish, White, Brownish, White
  
Colorless
  
For which Rashi?
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Planet
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Element of Planets
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How to Wear?
  
  
Finger
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Ring Metal
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Energy
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Deities
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Not to wear with
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Powers
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Planetary
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Talisman
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Tenacity
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Brittle
  
Solubility
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insoluble
  
Durability
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Specific Gravity
3.55-3.73
  
2.40
  
Fracture
Conchoidal, Uneven, ConchoidalArthur Thomas, Gemstones (2009), Conchoidal, Brittle
  
Subconchoidal, ConchoidalWalter Schumann, Gemstones of the world (2001) More from other references, Brittle, Conchoidal
  
Cleavage
none
  
Perfect on {001}, poor on {201} with 38.5° angle between the two
  
Mohs Hardness
7-7.5
  
6-6.5
  
Chemical Composition
Ca 3Al 2(SiO 4) 3Arthur Thomas , Gemstones (2009)
  
LiAlSi 4O 10Michael OâDonoghue , Gems, Sixth Edition (2006) More from other references
  
Luster
Greasy, Vitreous
  
Vitreous, Pearly
  
Pleochroism
None
  
AbsentWalter Schumann
  
Transparency
Gemmological Tables (2004) More from other references
  
Gemmological Tables (2004) More from other references
  
Refractive Index
1.730-1.760
  
1.502-1.523
  
Optic Character
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Crystal System
cubic
  
monoclinic
  
Birefringence
0.020
  
0.012-0.016
  
Clarity
TransparentUlrich Henn and Claudio C. Milisenda
  
TransparentUlrich Henn and Claudio C. Milisenda
  
Physical
  
  
Neurological
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Cardiovascular
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Respiratory
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Reproductive
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Psychology
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Healing
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Grossular Vs Petalite Fracture
Fracture is an important parameter when you compare Grossular and Petalite Physical Properties. It is necessary to understand the significance of these properties, before you compare Grossular Vs Petalite 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 Grossular is Brittle, Conchoidal, Conchoidal, ConchoidalArthur Thomas, Gemstones (2009) and Uneven. Petalite fracture is Brittle, Conchoidal, ConchoidalWalter Schumann, Gemstones of the world (2001) More from other references and Subconchoidal.
Grossular Vs Petalite Luster
A primary knowledge about Grossular vs Petalite 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. Grossular exhibits Greasy and Vitreous luster. Petalite, on other hand, exhibits Pearly and Vitreous luster.