Andalusite Luster
Optical Properties of Andalusite are its behavioral responses towards light. While few optical properties can be identified with naked eyes, other require special instruments by the gemologists to identify them. Andalusite optical properties like luster, clarity, refractive index etc. are used to determine the non-destructive methods during gemstone identification and evaluation.
Andalusite luster is the quantity of light the crystal reflects when light is incident on it. Andalusite which is commonly found in Brown, pink, Violet, Yellow, Green, White, gray, Colorless, Green, gray, Brown, Red color, is Translucent and Transparent in nature. It possess Greasy and Vitreous luster.