Origin
USA, Madagascar, India, Sri Lanka, Burma, Australia, Italy, Brazil
  
Southern and central Africa
  
Color
Blue, Green, Brownish, Greenish, Colorless, gray
  
Violet, Brownish, Black, pink, Red, Reddish
  
Streak
White
  
Red
  
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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Deities
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Powers
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Tenacity
Tough
  
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Solubility
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Durability
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Specific Gravity
3.20-3.26
  
3.2-3.4
  
Fracture
Splintery
  
Uneven, UnevenArthur Thomas, Gemstones (2009), Brittle
  
Cleavage
{010} perfect
  
[100] [001] perfect
  
Mohs Hardness
6-7.5
  
4-4.5
  
Chemical Composition
Al 2SiO 5Michael OâDonoghue , Gems, Sixth Edition (2006)
  
MnPO 4Walter Schumann , Gemstones of the world (2001) More from other references
  
Luster
Vitreous, Subadamantine, Silky
  
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Pleochroism
Colourless to pale brown to yellow
  
StrongArthur Thomas
  
Dispersion
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Transparency
Transparent, Translucent
  
TranslucentWalter Schumann, Gemstones of the world (2001) More from other references
  
Refractive Index
1.653-1.685
  
1.85-1.92
  
Optic Character
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Crystal System
Orthorhombic
  
Orthorhombic
  
Birefringence
0.020-0.022
  
0.070
  
Clarity
Transparent
  
TranslucentWalter Schumann
  
Physical
  
  
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Sillimanite Vs Purpurite Fracture
Fracture is an important parameter when you compare Sillimanite and Purpurite Physical Properties. It is necessary to understand the significance of these properties, before you compare Sillimanite Vs Purpurite 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. Purpurite fracture is Brittle, Gemstones (2009), Uneven and UnevenArthur Thomas.
Sillimanite Vs Purpurite Luster
A primary knowledge about Sillimanite vs Purpurite 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.