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Precious coral and Variscite Optical Properties


Variscite and Precious coral Optical Properties


Optical Properties

Luster
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Vitreous, Waxy   

Pleochroism
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MissingWalter Schumann   

Dispersion
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Not Available   

Transparency
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Translucent, Opaque . May be translucent when backlit on the edges.   

Refractive Index
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1.560-1.594   

Optic Character
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Not Available   

Crystal System
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Orthorhombic   

Birefringence
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0.031   

Clarity
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Translucent   

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Precious coral and Variscite Optic Character

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

Similar to their colors, Precious coral and Variscite 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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