Precious coral and Dumortierite Optical Properties

Precious coral

Dumortierite

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1 Optical Properties

1.1 Luster

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Vitreous

1.2 Pleochroism

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Strong; X = deep blue or violet; Y = yellow to red-violet or nearly colorless; Z = colorless or very pale blue

1.3 Dispersion

NANone

0.007 1

1.4 Transparency

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Translucent, Translucent to opaque

1.5 Refractive Index

Not Available1.669-1.723

1 3.25

1.6 Optic Character

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1.7 Crystal System

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Orthorhombic

1.8 Birefringence

Not Available0.011-0.037

0 0.296

1.9 Clarity

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Translucent

Precious coral and Dumortierite Optic Character

Precious coral and Dumortierite optical properties play a significant role while distinguishing these gemstones from each other. These properties are influenced by the Precious coral and Dumortierite 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 Dumortierite 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.

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Precious coral and Dumortierite Transparency

Similar to their colors, Precious coral and Dumortierite 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.