Tourmaline Vs Larimar
Origin
Brazil, Madagascar, Zambia, Sri Lanka, Burma, Russia, USA, Afghanistan
  
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Color
Green, Blue, Yellow, Red, Brown, White, Colorless, Blue, Red, Green, Yellow, pink
  
White
  
Streak
White
  
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For which Rashi?
Libra
  
Pisces
  
Planet
Venus, Mars
  
Neptune
  
Element of Planets
Water
  
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How to Wear?
  
  
Finger
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Ring Metal
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Energy
Projective
  
Receptive
  
Deities
Venus
  
Gia
  
Not to wear with
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Powers
Love, Courage
  
Healing
  
Birthstone
  
  
Planetary
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Talisman
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All
  
Tenacity
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Solubility
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Durability
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Specific Gravity
2.85-3.35
  
2.74-2.90
  
Fracture
Uneven, Conchoidal, ConchoidalArthur Thomas, Gemstones (2009)
  
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Cleavage
Indistinct
  
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Mohs Hardness
7-7.5
  
5
  
Chemical Composition
Tourmaline is a series of several different minerals with unique chemical formulas. See The chemical formula of Tourmaline for details.
  
Ca 2NaHSi 3O 9Ulrich Henn and Claudio C.
  
Luster
Vitreous
  
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Pleochroism
typically moderate to strong
  
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Dispersion
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Transparency
Transparent, Translucent, Transparent to opaque
  
Gemmological Tables (2004)
  
Refractive Index
1.614-1.666
  
1.595-1.645
  
Optic Character
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Crystal System
Trigonal
  
monoclinic
  
Birefringence
0.014-0.040
  
0.032-0.038
  
Clarity
Transparent
  
Gemmological Tables (2004)
  
Physical
  
  
Neurological
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Cardiovascular
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Respiratory
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Reproductive
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Digestive
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Psychology
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Healing
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Qualities Associated
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Tourmaline Vs Larimar Fracture
Fracture is an important parameter when you compare Tourmaline and Larimar Physical Properties. It is necessary to understand the significance of these properties, before you compare Tourmaline Vs Larimar 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 Tourmaline is Conchoidal, ConchoidalArthur Thomas, Gemstones (2009) and Uneven.
Tourmaline Vs Larimar Luster
A primary knowledge about Tourmaline vs Larimar 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. Tourmaline exhibits Vitreous luster.