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Magnetite Vs Barite


Barite Vs Magnetite


Astrology

Origin
Not Available   
Not Available, Southern and central Africa   

Color
Black, Brown   
White, Colorless, Yellow, Green, Blue, Reddish, Brown, Red, Brown   

Streak
Black   
White   

For which Rashi?
Not Available   
Aquarius   

Planet
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Uranus   

Element of Planets
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Not Available   

How to Wear?
  
  

Finger
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Not Available   

Ring Metal
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Not Available   

Energy
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Receptive, Projective   

Deities
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Cronos   

Not to wear with
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Powers
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Birthstone
  
  

Planetary
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Talisman
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Physical Properties

Tenacity
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Solubility
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Not Available   

Durability
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Not Available   

Specific Gravity
5.2   
4.48   

Fracture
Uneven, Uneven, Management Team (2012), Conchoidal, Brittle   
Uneven   

Cleavage
None   
{010} Perfect, {210} Perfect, {010} Imperfect   

Mohs Hardness
5.5-6.5   
3-3.5   

Chemical Composition
Fe 3O 4Ulrich Henn and Claudio C.   
BaSO4   

Optical Properties

Luster
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Vitreous   

Pleochroism
Not Available   
colorless.   

Dispersion
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Not Available   

Transparency
Gemmological Tables (2004)   
Not Available   

Refractive Index
2.42   
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Optic Character
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Crystal System
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Orthorhombic   

Birefringence
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Not Available   

Clarity
Gemmological Tables (2004)   
Not Available   

Benefits

Physical
  
  

Neurological
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Cardiovascular
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Respiratory
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Reproductive
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Digestive
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Psychology
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Healing
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Qualities Associated
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Magnetite Vs Barite Fracture

Fracture is an important parameter when you compare Magnetite and Barite Physical Properties. It is necessary to understand the significance of these properties, before you compare Magnetite Vs Barite 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 Magnetite is Brittle, Conchoidal, Management Team (2012), Uneven and Uneven. Barite fracture is Uneven.

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Magnetite Vs Barite Luster

A primary knowledge about Magnetite vs Barite 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. Barite, on other hand, exhibits Vitreous luster.

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