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 |
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