Origin
Southern and central Africa
  
Mexico, Thailand, Italy, Austria
  
Color
Colorless, Brown, Greenish, gray
  
Green, Brown, Colorless, Greenish, gray, Yellow, White
  
Streak
White
  
White
  
For which Rashi?
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Planet
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Element of Planets
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Finger
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Ring Metal
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Energy
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Deities
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Not to wear with
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Powers
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Birthstone
  
  
Planetary
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Talisman
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Tenacity
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Brittle
  
Solubility
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Soluble
  
Durability
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Specific Gravity
2.62-2.67
  
3.30-3.50
  
Fracture
Gems, Sixth Edition (2006), Gems, Sixth Edition (2006), Uneven
  
Uneven, Uneven, ConchoidalWalter Schumann, Gemstones of the world (2001) More from other references, Conchoidal, Brittle
  
Cleavage
From the Greek, oligos and kasein, little cleavage.
  
Perfect on {110}, poor on {101}, {001} rare
  
Mohs Hardness
6-6.5
  
5
  
Chemical Composition
Na(90-70%)Ca(10-30%)(Al,Si)AlSi 2O 8Michael OâDonoghue , Gems, Sixth Edition (2006)
  
Zn 4Si 2O 7(OH) 2H 2OMichael OâDonoghue , Gems, Sixth Edition (2006) More from other references
  
Luster
Vitreous
  
Vitreous, Adamantine, Silky
  
Pleochroism
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AbsentWalter Schumann
  
Dispersion
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Transparency
Gemmological Tables (2004)
  
Transparent, Translucent
  
Refractive Index
1.538-1.550
  
1.614-1.636
  
Optic Character
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Crystal System
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Orthorhombic
  
Birefringence
0.010
  
0.022
  
Clarity
TransparentUlrich Henn and Claudio C. Milisenda
  
Transparent
  
Physical
  
  
Neurological
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Cardiovascular
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Oligoclase Vs Hemimorphite Fracture
Fracture is an important parameter when you compare Oligoclase and Hemimorphite Physical Properties. It is necessary to understand the significance of these properties, before you compare Oligoclase Vs Hemimorphite 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 Oligoclase is Gems, Gems, Sixth Edition (2006), Sixth Edition (2006) and Uneven. Hemimorphite fracture is Brittle, Conchoidal, ConchoidalWalter Schumann, Gemstones of the world (2001) More from other references, Uneven and Uneven.
Oligoclase Vs Hemimorphite Luster
A primary knowledge about Oligoclase vs Hemimorphite 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. Oligoclase exhibits Vitreous luster. Hemimorphite, on other hand, exhibits Adamantine, Silky and Vitreous luster.