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Mexican fire opal
Mexican fire opal

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Mexican fire opal and Inderite Optical Properties

Optical Properties

Luster

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Vitreous, Pearly, Greasy

Pleochroism

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-

Dispersion

0.01-
0.005 1
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Transparency

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-

Refractive Index

-99991.488-1.505
1 3.25
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Optic Character

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Biaxial/+

Crystal System

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Monoclinic Prismatic H-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: P 21/a

Birefringence

-99990.017
0 0.296
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Clarity

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TransparentUlrich Henn and Claudio C. Milisenda

Mexican fire opal and Inderite Optic Character

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

Mexican fire opal and Inderite Transparency

Similar to their colors, Mexican fire opal and Inderite 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, Mexican fire opal is while Mexican fire opal is in appearance.