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Pleonast
Pleonast

Anhydrite
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Pleonast and Anhydrite Physical Properties

Physical Properties

Tenacity

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Brittle

Solubility

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-

Durability

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-

Specific Gravity

-99992.90-2.98
1 7.18
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Fracture

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Conchoidal

Cleavage

Perfect
Rare tabular and prismatic crystals. Usually occurs as fibrous, parallel veins that break off into cleavage fragments.

Mohs Hardness

-99993.5
2 10
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Chemical Composition

MgAl2O4
CaSO 4Michael O’Donoghue , Gems, Sixth edition (2006) More from other references

Pleonast and Anhydrite Chemical Formula

While comparing Pleonast and Anhydrite 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 Pleonast and Anhydrite chemical formula.

  • Chemical formula of Pleonast- MgAl2O4
  • Chemical formula of Anhydrite- CaSO 4Michael O’Donoghue , Gems, Sixth edition (2006) More from other references

Pleonast and Anhydrite Specific Gravity

Another important criteria for qualitative analysis of gemstones is Pleonast and Anhydrite Specific gravity. Specific gravity is the relative density of a gemstone compared with respect to density of water. Gemologists use Pleonast and Anhydrite Optical Properties during the identification of gemstone. Specific gravity of Pleonast is 2.90-2.98 whereas that of Anhydrite is 2.90-2.98.