Petrified Wood and Tourmaline Physical Properties

Petrified Wood and Tourmaline Chemical Formula

While comparing Petrified Wood and Tourmaline physical properties, the important data you should know is its chemical composition. Since chemical formula defines the molecular structure of the crystal, most of the physical properties like color, tenacity, solubility are governed by Petrified Wood and Tourmaline chemical formula.

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• Chemical formula of Tourmaline- Tourmaline is a series of several different minerals with unique chemical formulas. See The chemical formula of Tourmaline for details.

Petrified Wood and Tourmaline Specific Gravity

Another important criteria for qualitative analysis of gemstones is Petrified Wood and Tourmaline Specific gravity. Specific gravity is the relative density of a gemstone compared with respect to density of water. Gemologists use Petrified Wood and Tourmaline Optical Properties during the identification of gemstone. Specific gravity of Petrified Wood is 2.85-3.35 whereas that of Tourmaline is 2.85-3.35.