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Mexican fire opal
Mexican fire opal

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Mexican fire opal and Thulite Optical Properties

Optical Properties

Luster

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Vitreous

Pleochroism

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Present

Dispersion

0.010.02
0.005 1
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Transparency

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Opaque, Translucent, Opaque . May be translucent in thin backlit sections.

Refractive Index

-99991.695
1 3.25
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Optic Character

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-

Crystal System

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Orthorhombic

Birefringence

-99990.006-0.018
0 0.296
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Clarity

-
OpaqueHerve Nicolas Lazzarelli

Mexican fire opal and Thulite Optic Character

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

Similar to their colors, Mexican fire opal and Thulite 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.