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Sylvite Vs Gaspeite


Gaspeite Vs Sylvite


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Origin
Mexico, Canada  
Canada, Australia  

Color
Colorless, White, Blue, Red, Reddish, Brownish  
Green  

Streak
White  
Yellow, Green  

For which Rashi?
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Planet
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Element of Planets
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Energy
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How to Wear?
  
  

Finger
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Ring Metal
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Deities
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Planetary
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Talisman
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Physical Properties

Tenacity
Brittle  
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Solubility
Soluble  
HCl soluble  

Durability
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Specific Gravity
1.993  
3.71  

Fracture
Uneven, Brittle  
Uneven  

Cleavage
Perfect on [100], [010], [001]  
{10 1 1} Good  

Mohs Hardness
2.5  
4.5-5  

Chemical Composition
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(Ni,Mg,Fe++)CO3  

Optical Properties

Luster
Vitreous  
Vitreous  

Pleochroism
Visible in colored crystals  
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Dispersion
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Transparency
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Refractive Index
1.4903  
1.830  

Optic Character
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Crystal System
Isometric  
Trigonal  

Birefringence
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0.220  

Clarity
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Benefits

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Sylvite Vs Gaspeite Fracture

Fracture is an important parameter when you compare Sylvite and Gaspeite Physical Properties. It is necessary to understand the significance of these properties, before you compare Sylvite Vs Gaspeite 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 Sylvite is Uneven and Brittle. Gaspeite fracture is Uneven.

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Sylvite Vs Gaspeite Luster

A primary knowledge about Sylvite vs Gaspeite 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. Sylvite exhibits Vitreous luster. Gaspeite, on other hand, exhibits Vitreous luster.

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