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Nephrite Vs Pleonaste


Pleonaste Vs Nephrite


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Origin
China, Canada   
Madagascar, Sri Lanka   

Color
Green, Green, Yellow, Brown, White, gray, Black   
White, Colorless, Blue, Red, Green, Yellow, Violet   

Streak
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Physical Properties

Tenacity
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Solubility
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Durability
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Specific Gravity
2.90-3.10   
3.80   

Fracture
Splintery, Granular, Splintery, Granular, Gemstones (2009)   
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Cleavage
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Mohs Hardness
6-6.5   
8   

Chemical Composition
Ca 2(Mg,Fe) 5(OH) 2Walter Schumann , Gemstones of the world (2001) More from other references   
(Mg,Fe)Al 2O 4Gemdat.org , Management Team (2012)   

Optical Properties

Luster
Vitreous, Greasy   
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Pleochroism
None   
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Dispersion
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Transparency
Translucent   
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Refractive Index
1.600-1.627   
1.780   

Optic Character
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Crystal System
monoclinic   
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Birefringence
0.027   
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Clarity
Translucent   
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Benefits

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Nephrite Vs Pleonaste Fracture

Fracture is an important parameter when you compare Nephrite and Pleonaste Physical Properties. It is necessary to understand the significance of these properties, before you compare Nephrite Vs Pleonaste 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 Nephrite is Gemstones (2009), Granular, Granular, Splintery and Splintery.

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Nephrite Vs Pleonaste Luster

A primary knowledge about Nephrite vs Pleonaste 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. Nephrite exhibits Greasy and Vitreous luster.

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