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Lawsonite Vs Baryte


Baryte Vs Lawsonite


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Origin
Italy, China  
Southern and central Africa  

Color
Colorless, White, Blue, gray  
Colorless, White, Blue, Yellow, Grey, Brown  

Streak
White  
White  

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Physical Properties

Tenacity
Brittle  
Brittle  

Solubility
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Soluble  

Durability
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Specific Gravity
3.09  
4.3-5  

Fracture
White, Yellow, Pale blue, Brittle, Uneven  
Irregular/uneven  

Cleavage
Perfect on {100} and {010}, imperfect on {101}  
Perfect cleavage parallel to base and prism faces: {001} Perfect, {210} Perfect, {010} Imperfect  

Mohs Hardness
8  
3-3.5  

Chemical Composition
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Optical Properties

Luster
Vitreous, Greasy  
Vitreous, Pearly  

Pleochroism
Weak  
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Dispersion
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Transparency
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Refractive Index
1.672-1.676  
1.634-1.637  

Optic Character
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Crystal System
Orthorhombic  
Orthorhombic  

Birefringence
0.019-0.021  
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Clarity
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Lawsonite Vs Baryte Fracture

Fracture is an important parameter when you compare Lawsonite and Baryte Physical Properties. It is necessary to understand the significance of these properties, before you compare Lawsonite Vs Baryte 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 Lawsonite is White, Yellow, Pale blue, Brittle and Uneven. Baryte fracture is Irregular/uneven.

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Lawsonite Vs Baryte Luster

A primary knowledge about Lawsonite vs Baryte 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. Lawsonite exhibits Vitreous and Greasy luster. Baryte, on other hand, exhibits Vitreous and Pearly luster.

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