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Petrified Wood Vs Sapphire


Sapphire Vs Petrified Wood


Astrology

Origin
brown, green, brown, green   
Burma, Sri Lanka, India, Madagascar, Kenya, Tanzania, Thailand, Cambodia, China, Australia, USA   

Color
Brown   
Colorless, Yellow, Green, Violet, White, Colorless, Blue, Red, Green, Yellow, pink   

Streak
Not Available   
Not Available   

For which Rashi?
All   
Pisces, Taurus, Gemini, Libra, Pisces, Taurus, Gemini, Libra, Pisces, Taurus, Gemini, Libra   

Planet
Not Available   
Saturn   

Element of Planets
Earth   
Water   

How to Wear?
  
  

Finger
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Not Available   

Ring Metal
Not Available   
Not Available   

Energy
Receptive   
Receptive   

Deities
Goddess   
Apollo   

Not to wear with
Not Available   
Not Available   

Powers
Healing, Protection   
Psychic Power, Prosperity   

Birthstone
  
  

Planetary
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Talisman
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Physical Properties

Tenacity
Not Available   
Not Available   

Solubility
Not Available   
insoluble   

Durability
Not Available   
Not Available   

Specific Gravity
2.58-2.91   
3.95-4.03   

Fracture
Uneven   
Uneven, Uneven, Gems, Sixth Edition (2006)   

Cleavage
Not Available   
None, but may exhibit parting   

Mohs Hardness
7   
9   

Chemical Composition
Not Available   
Al 2 O 3   

Optical Properties

Luster
Not Available   
Vitreous, Adamantine, Vitreous, Adamantine   

Pleochroism
Not Available   
Strong   

Dispersion
None   
0.02   
21

Transparency
Not Available   
Transparent, Translucent, Transparent to opaque   

Refractive Index
Not Available   
1.762-1.788   

Optic Character
Not Available   
Not Available   

Crystal System
Trigonal   
Trigonal   

Birefringence
Not Available   
0.008-0.009   

Clarity
Not Available   
Transparent   

Benefits

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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Petrified Wood Vs Sapphire Fracture

Fracture is an important parameter when you compare Petrified Wood and Sapphire Physical Properties. It is necessary to understand the significance of these properties, before you compare Petrified Wood Vs Sapphire 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 Petrified Wood is Uneven. Sapphire fracture is Gems, Sixth Edition (2006), Uneven and Uneven.

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Petrified Wood Vs Sapphire Luster

A primary knowledge about Petrified Wood vs Sapphire 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. Sapphire, on other hand, exhibits Adamantine, Adamantine, Vitreous and Vitreous luster.

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