Moldavite Vs Tourmaline
Origin
Austria
  
Brazil, Madagascar, Zambia, Sri Lanka, Burma, Russia, USA, Afghanistan
  
Color
Green
  
Green, Blue, Yellow, Red, Brown, White, Colorless, Blue, Red, Green, Yellow, pink
  
Streak
Not Available
  
White
  
For which Rashi?
Aquarius
  
Libra
  
Planet
Uranus
  
Venus, Mars
  
Element of Planets
Not Available
  
Water
  
How to Wear?
  
  
Finger
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Ring Metal
Not Available
  
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Energy
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Projective
  
Deities
Gia, Persephone
  
Venus
  
Not to wear with
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Powers
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Love, Courage
  
Birthstone
  
  
Planetary
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Talisman
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Tenacity
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Solubility
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Durability
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Specific Gravity
2.32-2.38
  
2.85-3.35
  
Fracture
ConchoidalWalter Schumann, Gemstones of the world (2001), ConchoidalWalter Schumann, Gemstones of the world (2001)
  
Uneven, Conchoidal, ConchoidalArthur Thomas, Gemstones (2009)
  
Cleavage
Not Available
  
Indistinct
  
Mohs Hardness
5.5
  
7-7.5
  
Chemical Composition
SiO 2(+Al 2O 3)Walter Schumann , Gemstones of the world (2001)
  
Tourmaline is a series of several different minerals with unique chemical formulas. See The chemical formula of Tourmaline for details.
  
Luster
Vitreous
  
Vitreous
  
Pleochroism
Absent
  
typically moderate to strong
  
Dispersion
None
  
Transparency
Transparent, Translucent
  
Transparent, Translucent, Transparent to opaque
  
Refractive Index
1.48-1.54
  
1.614-1.666
  
Optic Character
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Crystal System
Amorphous
  
Trigonal
  
Birefringence
Not Available
  
0.014-0.040
  
Clarity
Transparent
  
Transparent
  
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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Moldavite Vs Tourmaline Fracture
Fracture is an important parameter when you compare Moldavite and Tourmaline Physical Properties. It is necessary to understand the significance of these properties, before you compare Moldavite Vs Tourmaline 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 Moldavite is ConchoidalWalter Schumann, ConchoidalWalter Schumann, Gemstones of the world (2001) and Gemstones of the world (2001). Tourmaline fracture is Conchoidal, ConchoidalArthur Thomas, Gemstones (2009) and Uneven.
Moldavite Vs Tourmaline Luster
A primary knowledge about Moldavite vs Tourmaline 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. Moldavite exhibits Vitreous luster. Tourmaline, on other hand, exhibits Vitreous luster.