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Sodalite Vs Baryte


Baryte Vs Sodalite


Astrology

Origin
Canada, Columbia, Brazil, Burma, Russia, blue  
Southern and central Africa  

Color
Blue, White, pink, gray, Green  
Colorless, White, Blue, Yellow, Grey, Brown, Colorless, White, Blue, Yellow, Grey, Brown  

Streak
White  
White  

For which Rashi?
Sagittarius  
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Planet
Jupiter  
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Element of Planets
Water  
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Energy
Receptive  
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Ring Metal
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Planetary
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Talisman
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Physical Properties

Tenacity
Brittle  
Brittle  

Solubility
Soluble  
Soluble  

Durability
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Specific Gravity
2.15-2.40  
4.3-5  

Fracture
Conchoidal, Uneven, UnevenArthur Thomas, Brittle  
Irregular/uneven  

Cleavage
Poor on {110}  
Perfect cleavage parallel to base and prism faces: {001} Perfect, {210} Perfect, {010} Imperfect  

Mohs Hardness
5-6  
3-3.5  

Chemical Composition
Na8Al6Si6O24Cl2  
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Optical Properties

Luster
Greasy  
Vitreous, Pearly  

Pleochroism
AbsentWalter Schumann  
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Dispersion
0.02  
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Transparency
Transparent, Translucent, Opaque  
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Refractive Index
1.478-1.488  
1.634-1.637  

Optic Character
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Crystal System
cubic  
Orthorhombic  

Birefringence
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Clarity
Transparent  
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Benefits

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Sodalite Vs Baryte Fracture

Fracture is an important parameter when you compare Sodalite and Baryte Physical Properties. It is necessary to understand the significance of these properties, before you compare Sodalite Vs Baryte 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 Sodalite is Conchoidal, Uneven, UnevenArthur Thomas and Brittle. Baryte fracture is Irregular/uneven.

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Sodalite Vs Baryte Luster

A primary knowledge about Sodalite vs Baryte 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. Sodalite exhibits Greasy luster. Baryte, on other hand, exhibits Vitreous and Pearly luster.

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