Elbaite Luster
Optical Properties of Elbaite 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. Elbaite optical properties like luster, clarity, refractive index etc. are used to determine the non-destructive methods during gemstone identification and evaluation.
Elbaite luster is the quantity of light the crystal reflects when light is incident on it. Elbaite which is commonly found in Blue, Red, Yellow, Colorless, Blue, Colorless, Green, Yellow, White, Blue, Colorless, Green, Yellow, White color, is Transparent in nature. It possess Vitreous luster.