Origin
Tanzania, Kenya, Madagascar, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia
  
Not Available, Southern and central Africa
  
Color
Blue, Green, Yellow, Brown, White, Colorless, Blue, Red, Green, Yellow, pink, Yellow, Red, Brown, Green, Blue, Reddish, gray
  
Blue, Brown, Colorless, Yellow, Blue, Brown, Colorless, Yellow
  
Streak
White
  
White
  
For which Rashi?
Sagittarius, Virgo, Sagittarius, Virgo, Sagittarius, Virgo
  
Not Available
  
Planet
Jupiter
  
Not Available
  
Element of Planets
Earth, Water
  
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How to Wear?
  
  
Finger
Not Available
  
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Ring Metal
Not Available
  
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Energy
Projective
  
Not Available
  
Deities
Apollo
  
Not Available
  
Not to wear with
Not Available
  
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Powers
Protection
  
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Birthstone
  
  
Planetary
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Talisman
Not Available
  
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Tenacity
Brittle
  
Not Available
  
Solubility
insoluble
  
Not Available
  
Durability
Not Available
  
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Specific Gravity
3.93-4.73
  
2.72
  
Fracture
Conchoidal, Uneven, ConchoidalArthur Thomas, Gemstones (2009)
  
Brittle, Metallic, Brittle, Metallic
  
Cleavage
{110} and {111}
  
{110} Perfect, {010} Perfect
  
Mohs Hardness
7.5
  
5-6
  
Chemical Composition
ZrSiO4
  
Na 2ZrSi 3O 9 · 2H 2OMichael OâDonoghue , Gems, Sixth Edition (2006)
  
Luster
Adamantine
  
Vitreous
  
Pleochroism
Weak
  
Not Available
  
Dispersion
Not Available
  
Transparency
Transparent
  
TransparentUlrich Henn and Claudio C. Milisenda, Gemmological Tables (2004)
  
Refractive Index
1.810-2.024
  
1.590-1.629
  
Optic Character
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Crystal System
tetragonal
  
Monoclinic Prismatic H-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: B2/b (pseudo-HEX)
  
Birefringence
0.047-0.055
  
0.039
  
Clarity
Transparent
  
TransparentUlrich Henn and Claudio C. Milisenda
  
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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Zircon Vs Catapleiite Fracture
Fracture is an important parameter when you compare Zircon and Catapleiite Physical Properties. It is necessary to understand the significance of these properties, before you compare Zircon Vs Catapleiite 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 Zircon is Conchoidal, ConchoidalArthur Thomas, Gemstones (2009) and Uneven. Catapleiite fracture is Brittle, Brittle, Metallic and Metallic.
Zircon Vs Catapleiite Luster
A primary knowledge about Zircon vs Catapleiite 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. Zircon exhibits Adamantine luster. Catapleiite, on other hand, exhibits Vitreous luster.