Kainite Vs Caledonite
Origin
Austria, Mexico, China
  
USA
  
Color
Colorless, Yellow, Brownish, Red, Violet, Blue, gray
  
Blue, Green, Blue, Green, Green
  
Streak
White
  
Blue, Greenish, White
  
For which Rashi?
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Planet
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Element of Planets
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Tenacity
Brittle
  
Brittle
  
Solubility
Soluble
  
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Durability
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Specific Gravity
2.15
  
5.6-5.76
  
Fracture
Splintery, Conchoidal, Brittle
  
Uneven, UnevenAnthony et al, Handbook of mineralogy (2001)
  
Cleavage
{001}, perfect
  
[001] perfect; [100] distinct
  
Mohs Hardness
2.5-3
  
2.5-3
  
Chemical Composition
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Pb 5Cu 2(SO 4) 3(CO 3)(OH) 6Anthony et al , Handbook of mineralogy (2001)
  
Luster
Vitreous
  
Vitreous
  
Pleochroism
Visible: X = violet
  
Weak
  
Dispersion
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Transparency
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Transparent
  
Refractive Index
1.494
  
1.818-1.909
  
Optic Character
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Crystal System
monoclinic
  
Orthorhombic
  
Birefringence
0.022
  
0.091
  
Clarity
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Transparent
  
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Kainite Vs Caledonite Fracture
Fracture is an important parameter when you compare Kainite and Caledonite Physical Properties. It is necessary to understand the significance of these properties, before you compare Kainite Vs Caledonite 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 Kainite is Brittle, Conchoidal and Splintery. Caledonite fracture is Handbook of mineralogy (2001), Uneven and UnevenAnthony et al.
Kainite Vs Caledonite Luster
A primary knowledge about Kainite vs Caledonite 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. Kainite exhibits Vitreous luster. Caledonite, on other hand, exhibits Vitreous luster.