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Tortoiseshell and Spodumene Optical Properties


Spodumene and Tortoiseshell Optical Properties


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Tortoiseshell and Spodumene Optic Character

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

Similar to their colors, Tortoiseshell and Spodumene 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, Tortoiseshell is Gemmological Tables (2004) while Tortoiseshell is Gemmological Tables (2004) in appearance.

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