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Mexican fire opal
Mexican fire opal

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Mexican fire opal and Opal Optical Properties

Optical Properties

Luster

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Vitreous, Pearly

Pleochroism

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None

Dispersion

0.010.01
0.005 1
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Transparency

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Transparent, Translucent, Transparent to translucent

Refractive Index

-99991.37-1.52
1 3.25
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Optic Character

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-

Crystal System

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Trigonal

Birefringence

-9999-9999
0 0.296
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Clarity

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Transparent

Mexican fire opal and Opal Optic Character

Mexican fire opal and Opal optical properties play a significant role while distinguishing these gemstones from each other. These properties are influenced by the Mexican fire opal and Opal 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 Opal 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.

Mexican fire opal and Opal Transparency

Similar to their colors, Mexican fire opal and Opal 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.