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Kainite Vs Chiastolite


Chiastolite Vs Kainite


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Origin
Austria, Mexico, China  
Australia, Southern and central Africa  

Color
Colorless, Yellow, Brownish, Red, Violet, Blue, gray  
White  

Streak
White  
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Planet
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Element of Planets
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Energy
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Ring Metal
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Physical Properties

Tenacity
Brittle  
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Solubility
Soluble  
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Durability
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Specific Gravity
2.15  
3.00-3.15  

Fracture
Splintery, Conchoidal, Brittle  
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Cleavage
{001}, perfect  
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Mohs Hardness
2.5-3  
5-5.5  

Chemical Composition
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Al 2SiO 5Michael O’Donoghue , Gems, Sixth edition (2006)  

Optical Properties

Luster
Vitreous  
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Pleochroism
Visible: X = violet  
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Dispersion
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Transparency
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Translucent  

Refractive Index
1.494  
1.627-1.645  

Optic Character
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Crystal System
monoclinic  
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Birefringence
0.022  
0.007-0.013  

Clarity
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Translucent  

Benefits

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Kainite Vs Chiastolite Fracture

Fracture is an important parameter when you compare Kainite and Chiastolite Physical Properties. It is necessary to understand the significance of these properties, before you compare Kainite Vs Chiastolite 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 Splintery, Conchoidal and Brittle.

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Kainite Vs Chiastolite Luster

A primary knowledge about Kainite vs Chiastolite 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.

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