Malachite Luster
Optical Properties of Malachite 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. Malachite optical properties like luster, clarity, refractive index etc. are used to determine the non-destructive methods during gemstone identification and evaluation.
Malachite luster is the quantity of light the crystal reflects when light is incident on it. Malachite which is commonly found in Green color, is Opaque in nature. It possess Adamantine, Fibrous, Silky and Vitreous luster.