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Pyrope Garnet Vs Anatase


Anatase Vs Pyrope Garnet


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Origin
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Switzerland   

Color
Red   
Colorless, Yellow, Blue, Reddish, Black, Reddish, Brown, Blue, gray, Black, Reddish, Brown, Blue, gray   

Streak
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White   

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Physical Properties

Tenacity
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Brittle   

Solubility
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Durability
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Specific Gravity
3.5-3.6   
3.82-3.97   

Fracture
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Subconchoidal, Conchoidal, Brittle, ConchoidalArthur Thomas, Gemstones (2009)   

Cleavage
None   
Perfect on [001] and [011]   

Mohs Hardness
7-7.5   
5.5-6   

Chemical Composition
Mg3Al2Si3O12   
TiO 2Michael O’Donoghue , Gems, Sixth edition (2006) More from other references   

Optical Properties

Luster
Vitreous   
Adamantine   

Pleochroism
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Weak   

Dispersion
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0.21   
3

Transparency
Transparent, Translucent, Transparent to translucent   
Transparent   

Refractive Index
1.720-1.760   
2.488-2.562   

Optic Character
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Crystal System
Isometric   
tetragonal   

Birefringence
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0.073   

Clarity
Transparent to translucent   
Transparent   

Benefits

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Pyrope Garnet Vs Anatase Fracture

Fracture is an important parameter when you compare Pyrope Garnet and Anatase Physical Properties. It is necessary to understand the significance of these properties, before you compare Pyrope Garnet Vs Anatase 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. Anatase fracture is Brittle, Conchoidal, ConchoidalArthur Thomas, Gemstones (2009) and Subconchoidal.

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Pyrope Garnet Vs Anatase Luster

A primary knowledge about Pyrope Garnet vs Anatase 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. Pyrope Garnet exhibits Vitreous luster. Anatase, on other hand, exhibits Adamantine luster.

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