Nepheline and Anhydrite Physical Properties

Nepheline

Anhydrite

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Physical Properties

Tenacity

Brittle

Solubility

Durability

Specific Gravity

2.55-2.652.90-2.98

1 7.18

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Fracture

Subconchoidal, Conchoidal

Conchoidal

Cleavage

[1010] Poor

Rare tabular and prismatic crystals. Usually occurs as fibrous, parallel veins that break off into cleavage fragments.

Mohs Hardness

5-63.5

2 10

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Chemical Composition

Na 3(Na,K)Al 4Si 4O 16Ulrich Henn and Claudio C.

CaSO 4Michael OâDonoghue , Gems, Sixth edition (2006) More from other references

Nepheline and Anhydrite Chemical Formula

While comparing Nepheline and Anhydrite physical properties, the important data you should know is its chemical composition. Since chemical formula defines the molecular structure of the crystal, most of the physical properties like color, tenacity, solubility are governed by Nepheline and Anhydrite chemical formula.

Chemical formula of Nepheline- Na 3(Na,K)Al 4Si 4O 16Ulrich Henn and Claudio C.
Chemical formula of Anhydrite- CaSO 4Michael OâDonoghue , Gems, Sixth edition (2006) More from other references

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Nepheline and Anhydrite Specific Gravity

Another important criteria for qualitative analysis of gemstones is Nepheline and Anhydrite Specific gravity. Specific gravity is the relative density of a gemstone compared with respect to density of water. Gemologists use Nepheline and Anhydrite Optical Properties during the identification of gemstone. Specific gravity of Nepheline is 2.90-2.98 whereas that of Anhydrite is 2.90-2.98.