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Phlogopite Vs Clintonite


Clintonite Vs Phlogopite


Astrology

Origin
Italy   
Not Available   

Color
Brownish, Red, Brown, Green, White, gray, Yellow, Reddish   
Colorless, Yellow, Brown, Green, Colorless, Green, Yellow, Red, Reddish, Brown   

Streak
White   
White, Yellow, Colorless   

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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Physical Properties

Tenacity
Tough   
Brittle   

Solubility
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Durability
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Specific Gravity
2.78-2.85   
3.0-3.1   

Fracture
None, Uneven   
Brittle, Metallic, Brittle, Metallic   

Cleavage
Perfect basal (001)   
Perfect on {001}   

Mohs Hardness
2-2.5   
3.5   

Chemical Composition
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Ca(Mg,Al)3(Al3Si)O10(OH)2   

Optical Properties

Luster
Pearly   
Vitreous, Pearly   

Pleochroism
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X = colorless   

Dispersion
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Transparency
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Refractive Index
1.530-1.573   
1.643-1.648   

Optic Character
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Crystal System
monoclinic   
monoclinic   

Birefringence
0.0280-0.0450   
0.012-0.015   

Clarity
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Benefits

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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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Phlogopite Vs Clintonite Fracture

Fracture is an important parameter when you compare Phlogopite and Clintonite Physical Properties. It is necessary to understand the significance of these properties, before you compare Phlogopite Vs Clintonite 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 Phlogopite is None and Uneven. Clintonite fracture is Brittle, Brittle, Metallic and Metallic.

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Phlogopite Vs Clintonite Luster

A primary knowledge about Phlogopite vs Clintonite 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. Phlogopite exhibits Pearly luster. Clintonite, on other hand, exhibits Pearly and Vitreous luster.

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