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Variscite Vs Diamond


Diamond Vs Variscite


Astrology

Origin
Australia, Spain, Brazil, Germany  
Russia, Canada, Australia, India, Brazil, Not Available, Origins: Southern and central Africa, Brazil.  

Color
Green, Blue, Colorless  
Yellow, Brown, Blue, Reddish, Colorless, White, gray, Black  

Streak
White  
Colorless  

For which Rashi?
Virgo  
Leo  

Planet
Not Available  
Venus, Jupiter  

Element of Planets
Earth  
Not Available  

Energy
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How to Wear?
  
  

Finger
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Ring Metal
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Deities
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Frigg  

Not to wear with
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Powers
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Spirituality, Protection, Courage, Healing, Love  

Birthstone
  
  

Planetary
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Talisman
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Leo  

Physical Properties

Tenacity
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Solubility
Not Available  
Soluble  

Durability
Not Available  
Not Available  

Specific Gravity
2.42-2.58  
3.50-3.53  

Fracture
Conchoidal, Splintery, ConchoidalWalter Schumann  
Conchoidal  

Cleavage
[010] perfect  
111 (perfect in four directions)  

Mohs Hardness
4-5  
10  

Chemical Composition
AlPO4 · 2(H2O)  
C  

Optical Properties

Luster
Vitreous, Waxy  
Adamantine  

Pleochroism
Not Available  
None  

Dispersion
Not Available  
0.04  
10

Transparency
Translucent, Opaque . May be translucent when backlit on the edges.  
Transparent, Translucent, Transparent to opaque  

Refractive Index
1.560-1.594  
2.417-2.419  

Optic Character
Not Available  
Not Available  

Crystal System
Orthorhombic  
cubic  

Birefringence
0.031  
Not Available  

Clarity
Translucent  
Transparent  

Benefits

Physical
  
  

Neurological
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Cardiovascular
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Respiratory
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Reproductive
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Like Jupiter, it bestows money, comforts and fortune on a person when it is strong and significantly well placed. It can be useful in the cure of venereal and reproductive system diseases. Wearing a diamond is said to give happiness in the married life as well as magnetism and attractiveness to the wearer.  

Digestive
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Psychology
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Healing
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Qualities Associated
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Variscite Vs Diamond Fracture

Fracture is an important parameter when you compare Variscite and Diamond Physical Properties. It is necessary to understand the significance of these properties, before you compare Variscite Vs Diamond 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 Variscite is Conchoidal, Splintery and ConchoidalWalter Schumann. Diamond fracture is Conchoidal.

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Variscite Vs Diamond Luster

A primary knowledge about Variscite vs Diamond 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. Variscite exhibits Vitreous and Waxy luster. Diamond, on other hand, exhibits Adamantine luster.

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