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Sillimanite Vs Beryllonite


Beryllonite Vs Sillimanite


Astrology

Origin
USA, Madagascar, India, Sri Lanka, Burma, Australia, Italy, Brazil   
USA   

Color
Blue, Green, Brownish, Greenish, Colorless, gray   
Colorless, Colorless, White, Yellow   

Streak
White   
White   

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Physical Properties

Tenacity
Tough   
Brittle   

Solubility
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Durability
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Specific Gravity
3.20-3.26   
2.79-2.87   

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

Cleavage
{010} perfect   
{010} perfect; {100} good, interrupted; {101} indistinct; {001} in traces   

Mohs Hardness
6-7.5   
5.5-6   

Chemical Composition
Al 2SiO 5Michael O’Donoghue , Gems, Sixth Edition (2006)   
NaBePO 4Michael O’Donoghue , Gems, Sixth Edition (2006) More from other references   

Optical Properties

Luster
Vitreous, Subadamantine, Silky   
Vitreous, Adamantine, Pearly   

Pleochroism
Colourless to pale brown to yellow   
AbsentWalter Schumann   

Dispersion
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0.01   
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Transparency
Transparent, Translucent   
Gemmological Tables (2004) More from other references   

Refractive Index
1.653-1.685   
1.552-1.562   

Optic Character
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Crystal System
Orthorhombic   
monoclinic   

Birefringence
0.020-0.022   
0.009   

Clarity
Transparent   
TransparentUlrich Henn and Claudio C. Milisenda   

Benefits

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Sillimanite Vs Beryllonite Fracture

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

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Sillimanite Vs Beryllonite Luster

A primary knowledge about Sillimanite vs Beryllonite 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. Beryllonite, on other hand, exhibits Adamantine, Pearly and Vitreous luster.

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