Origin
Canada, Southern and central Africa
  
Sri Lanka, India, Brazil
  
Color
Colorless, White, gray, pink, Green
  
Green, Brown, Brown, Colorless, Green, gray, Yellow
  
Streak
White
  
Brownish, White, Brownish, White
  
For which Rashi?
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Planet
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Element of Planets
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How to Wear?
  
  
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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Planetary
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Talisman
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Tenacity
Brittle
  
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Solubility
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Durability
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Specific Gravity
2.74-2.90
  
3.55-3.73
  
Fracture
Uneven, Gemstones (2009), Splintery
  
Conchoidal, Uneven, ConchoidalArthur Thomas, Gemstones (2009), Conchoidal, Brittle
  
Cleavage
Perfect on {100} and {001}
  
none
  
Mohs Hardness
4.5-5
  
7-7.5
  
Chemical Composition
Ca 2NaHSi 3O 9Ulrich Henn and Claudio C.
  
Ca 3Al 2(SiO 4) 3Arthur Thomas , Gemstones (2009)
  
Luster
Silky
  
Greasy, Vitreous
  
Pleochroism
NilArthur Thomas
  
None
  
Dispersion
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Transparency
Transparent
  
Gemmological Tables (2004) More from other references
  
Refractive Index
1.595-1.645
  
1.730-1.760
  
Optic Character
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Crystal System
Triclinic
  
cubic
  
Birefringence
0.028-0.038
  
0.020
  
Clarity
Transparent
  
TransparentUlrich Henn and Claudio C. Milisenda
  
Physical
  
  
Neurological
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Cardiovascular
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Respiratory
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Reproductive
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Digestive
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Psychology
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Healing
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Qualities Associated
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Pectolite Vs Grossular Fracture
Fracture is an important parameter when you compare Pectolite and Grossular Physical Properties. It is necessary to understand the significance of these properties, before you compare Pectolite Vs Grossular 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 Pectolite is Gemstones (2009), Splintery and Uneven. Grossular fracture is Brittle, Conchoidal, Conchoidal, ConchoidalArthur Thomas, Gemstones (2009) and Uneven.
Pectolite Vs Grossular Luster
A primary knowledge about Pectolite vs Grossular 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. Pectolite exhibits Silky luster. Grossular, on other hand, exhibits Greasy and Vitreous luster.