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Precious coral and Danburite Optical Properties


Danburite and Precious coral Optical Properties


Optical Properties

Luster
Not Available   
Vitreous, Greasy   

Pleochroism
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Weak: pale yellow yellow   

Dispersion
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0.02   
22

Transparency
Not Available   
Gemmological Tables (2004) More from other references   

Refractive Index
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1.627-1.639   

Optic Character
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Biaxial/+   

Crystal System
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Orthorhombic   

Birefringence
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0.006   

Clarity
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TransparentUlrich Henn and Claudio C. Milisenda   

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Precious coral and Danburite Optic Character

Precious coral and Danburite optical properties play a significant role while distinguishing these gemstones from each other. These properties are influenced by the Precious coral and Danburite Physical Properties like crystallographic symmetry, pleochroism,etc. in the crystal. Some of the optical properties are refractive index, luster, optic character, pleochroism etc. Prominent among these is Precious coral and Danburite optic character. You might have noticed your gemologist rotating the gemstone while testing it. Rotating a gemstone along its optic axis helps in determining its optic character. Danburite has Biaxial/+ character.

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Precious coral and Danburite Transparency

Similar to their colors, Precious coral and Danburite transparency can also be used as criteria for their primary identification. Although transparency cannot be the only criteria for gemstone identification, it can efficiently used in gemstone grading. Talking about their transparency, Precious coral is Not Available while Precious coral is Not Available in appearance.

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