Origin
USA, Madagascar, India, Sri Lanka, Burma, Australia, Italy, Brazil
  
Canada, Russia
  
Color
Blue, Green, Brownish, Greenish, Colorless, gray
  
Brown, Yellow, Greenish, Brown, Yellow, Greenish, Brown, Brownish, Red, Yellow
  
Streak
White
  
Brown, White, Brown, White
  
For which Rashi?
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Planet
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Element of Planets
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Finger
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Ring Metal
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Energy
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Tenacity
Tough
  
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Solubility
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Specific Gravity
3.20-3.26
  
3.2-3.4
  
Fracture
Splintery
  
Uneven, Brittle, Metallic
  
Cleavage
{010} perfect
  
Perfect on [001] imperfect on [100]
  
Mohs Hardness
6-7.5
  
3
  
Chemical Composition
Al 2SiO 5Michael OâDonoghue , Gems, Sixth Edition (2006)
  
(K,Na) 3(Fe2+ ,Mn) 7Ti 2Si 8O 24(O,OH) 7Anthony et al , Handbook of mineralogy (2001)
  
Luster
Vitreous, Subadamantine, Silky
  
Greasy, Pearly
  
Pleochroism
Colourless to pale brown to yellow
  
Strong: X= deep red-orange Y= orange-yellow Z= lemon-yellow
  
Dispersion
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Transparency
Transparent, Translucent
  
Translucent
  
Refractive Index
1.653-1.685
  
1.678-1.758
  
Optic Character
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Crystal System
Orthorhombic
  
Triclinic
  
Birefringence
0.020-0.022
  
0.050
  
Clarity
Transparent
  
Translucent
  
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Sillimanite Vs Astrophyllite Fracture
Fracture is an important parameter when you compare Sillimanite and Astrophyllite Physical Properties. It is necessary to understand the significance of these properties, before you compare Sillimanite Vs Astrophyllite 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 Sillimanite is Splintery. Astrophyllite fracture is Brittle, Metallic and Uneven.
Sillimanite Vs Astrophyllite Luster
A primary knowledge about Sillimanite vs Astrophyllite 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. Sillimanite exhibits Silky, Subadamantine and Vitreous luster. Astrophyllite, on other hand, exhibits Greasy and Pearly luster.