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Prasiolite Vs Diamond

Astrology

Origin

Canada
Russia, Canada, Australia, India, Brazil, Origins: Southern and central Africa, Brazil.

Color

Green
Yellow, Brown, Blue, Reddish, Colorless, White, gray, Black

Streak

-
Colorless

For which Rashi?

Libra, Sagittarius, Taurus
Leo

Planet

Jupiter
Venus, Jupiter

Element of Planets

Water
-

Energy

-
-

How to Wear?

Finger

-
-

Ring Metal

-
-

Deities

-
Frigg

Not to wear with

-
-

Powers

-
Spirituality, Protection, Courage, Healing, Love

Birthstone

Planetary

-
-

Talisman

-
Leo

Physical Properties

Tenacity

Brittle
-

Solubility

-
Soluble

Durability

-
-

Specific Gravity

2.653.50-3.53
1 7.18
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Fracture

Conchoidal, ConchoidalWalter Schumann
Conchoidal

Cleavage

3,1
111 (perfect in four directions)

Mohs Hardness

710
2 10
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Chemical Composition

SiO 2Ulrich Henn and Claudio C.
C

Optical Properties

Luster

Vitreous
Adamantine

Pleochroism

Very weak: light green pale greenWalter Schumann
None

Dispersion

0.010.04
0.005 1
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Transparency

Transparent, Translucent
Transparent, Translucent, Transparent to opaque

Refractive Index

1.544-1.5532.417-2.419
1 3.25
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Optic Character

-
-

Crystal System

Trigonal
cubic

Birefringence

0.009-9999
0 0.296
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Clarity

Transparent
Transparent

Benefits

Physical

Neurological

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Enhances mental clarity and focus

Cardiovascular

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Supports heart health

Respiratory

Good
Excellent

Reproductive

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Like Jupiter, it bestows money, comforts and fortune on a person when it is strong and significantly well placed. It can be useful in the cure of venereal and reproductive system diseases. Wearing a diamond is said to give happiness in the married life as well as magnetism and attractiveness to the wearer.

Digestive

Supports digestive health
Supports digestive health

Psychology

-
Purity

Healing

Emotional healing
Physical healing

Qualities Associated

Spiritual Connection
Clarity

Prasiolite Vs Diamond Fracture

Fracture is an important parameter when you compare Prasiolite and Diamond Physical Properties. It is necessary to understand the significance of these properties, before you compare Prasiolite Vs Diamond 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 Prasiolite is Conchoidal and ConchoidalWalter Schumann. Diamond fracture is Conchoidal.

Prasiolite Vs Diamond Luster

A primary knowledge about Prasiolite vs Diamond 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. Prasiolite exhibits Vitreous luster. Diamond, on other hand, exhibits Adamantine luster.