| Refractive Index | Mineral | Birefringence |
| from various sources | no guarantee | from various sources |
| 1.370 - 1.470 | Opal | 0.000 |
| 1.378 - 1.390 | Sellaite | 0.012 |
| 1.420 - 1.430 | Fire Opal | 0.000 |
| 1.433 - 1.435 | Fluorite (Ca) | 0.000 |
| 1.460 - 1.570 | Chrysocolla | 0.023 - 0.050 |
| 1.461 - 1.485 | Creedite | 0.024 |
| 1.462 - 1.550 | Lechatelierite | ? |
| 1.464 - 1.507 | Thaumasite | 0.039 |
| 1.473 - 1.502 | Natrolite | 0.012 - 0.013 |
| 1.475 - 1.492 | Charlesite | 0.017 |
| 1.479 - 1.493 | Analcime | 0.001 - 0.002 |
| 1.480 - 1.483 | Hackmanite | 0.000 |
| 1.480 - 1.483 | Sodalite | 0.000 |
| 1.480 - 1.540 | Moldavite | 0.000 |
| 1.485 - 1.519 | Epistilbite | 0.010 |
| 1.486 - 1.658 | Calcite | 0.154 - 0.174 |
| 1.488 - 1.505 | Inderite | 0.017 |
| 1.488 - 1.525 | Kurnakovite | 0.027 - 0.034 |
| 1.489 - 1.651 | Whewellite | 0.16 |
| 1.490 - 1.509 | Yugawaralite | 0.009 |
| 1.494 - 1.509 | Hauyne | 0.000 |
| 1.496 - 1.502 | Tugtupite | 0.006 |