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Tigers Eye
Tigers Eye

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Tigers Eye and Sinhalite Optical Properties

Optical Properties

Luster

Silky
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Pleochroism

-
Trichroism: green light brown dark brownHerve Nicolas Lazzarelli

Dispersion

0.010.02
0.005 1
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Transparency

Opaque
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Refractive Index

1.534-1.5401.665-1.712
1 3.25
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Optic Character

-
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Crystal System

Trigonal
Orthorhombic

Birefringence

-99990.036-0.042
0 0.296
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Clarity

-
TransparentUlrich Henn and Claudio C. Milisenda

Tigers Eye and Sinhalite Optic Character

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

Similar to their colors, Tigers Eye and Sinhalite 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.