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Tigers Eye and Eudialyte Optical Properties


Eudialyte and Tigers Eye Optical Properties


Optical Properties

Luster
Silky  
Vitreous  

Pleochroism
-  
Weak: O= colorless  

Dispersion
0.01  
99+
0.01  
99+

Transparency
Opaque  
Translucent  

Refractive Index
1.534-1.540  
1.591-1.633  

Optic Character
-  
-  

Crystal System
Trigonal  
Trigonal  

Birefringence
-9999  
0.003-0.010  

Clarity
-  
Translucent  

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Tigers Eye and Eudialyte Optic Character

Tigers Eye and Eudialyte optical properties play a significant role while distinguishing these gemstones from each other. These properties are influenced by the Tigers Eye and Eudialyte Physical Properties like crystallographic symmetry, pleochroism,etc. in the crystal. Some of the optical properties are refractive index, luster, optic character, pleochroism etc. Prominent among these is Tigers Eye and Eudialyte optic character. You might have noticed your gemologist rotating the gemstone while testing it. Rotating a gemstone along its optic axis helps in determining its optic character.

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Tigers Eye and Eudialyte Transparency

Similar to their colors, Tigers Eye and Eudialyte transparency can also be used as criteria for their primary identification. Although transparency cannot be the only criteria for gemstone identification, it can efficiently used in gemstone grading. Talking about their transparency, Tigers Eye is Opaque while Tigers Eye is Opaque in appearance.

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