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Tigers Eye and Painite Optical Properties

1 Optical Properties
1.1 Luster
Silky
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1.2 Pleochroism
Not Available
Strong dichroism: yellow-brown red to brown-violet (pinkish samples: nearly colorless pale orangy-pink)Herve Nicolas Lazzarelli
1.3 Dispersion
NoneNA
Fluorite Optical Properties
0.007 1
1.4 Transparency
Opaque
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1.5 Refractive Index
1.534-1.5401.787-1.816
Agate Opal
1 3.25
1.6 Optic Character
Not Available
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1.7 Crystal System
Trigonal
Not Available
1.8 Birefringence
Not Available0.029
Achroite
0 0.296
1.9 Clarity
Gemstones of the world (2001) More from other references
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Tigers Eye and Painite Optic Character

Tigers Eye and Painite optical properties play a significant role while distinguishing these gemstones from each other. These properties are influenced by the Tigers Eye and Painite 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 Painite 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.

Tigers Eye and Painite Transparency

Similar to their colors, Tigers Eye and Painite 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.