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Heliotrope and Cymophane Optical Properties


Cymophane and Heliotrope Optical Properties


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Heliotrope and Cymophane Optic Character

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

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Heliotrope and Cymophane Transparency

Similar to their colors, Heliotrope and Cymophane 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, Heliotrope is Not Available while Heliotrope is Not Available in appearance.

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