| Mineral | Refractive Index | Birefringence |
| no guarantee | from various sources | from various sources |
| Gadolinite | 1.780 | 0.050 |
| Gahnite | 1.790 - 1.818 | 0.000 |
| Gahnospinel | 1.730 - 1.800 | 0.000 |
| Gaspeite | 1.610 - 1.810 | 0.220 |
| Genthelvite | 1.742 - 1.745 | 0.000 |
| Goergeyite | 1.560 - 1.570 | 0.024 |
| Goshenite | 1.566 - 1.602 | 0.004 - 0.008 |
| Grandidierite | 1.583 - 1.639 | 0.037 |
| Grossular | 1.730 - 1.760 | 0.000 |
| Hackmanite | 1.483 - 1.487 | 0.000 |
| Hambergite | 1.553 - 1.628 | 0.072 - 0.074 |
| Hauyne | 1.494 - 1.509 | 0.000 |
| Heliodor | 1.566 - 1.579 | 0.004 - 0.007 |
| Hematite | 2.880 - 3.220 | 0.280 |
| Hemimorphite | 1.614 - 1.636 | 0.021 - 0.022 |
| Herderite | 1.587 - 1.627 | 0.029 - 0.030 |
| Hessonite | 1.742 - 1.748 | 0.000 |
| Hibonite | 1.790 - 1.807 | ? |
| Hiddenite | 1.653 - 1.682 | 0.014 - 0.016 |
| Hodgkinsonite | 1.720 - 1.746 | 0.026 |
| Hsianghualite | 1.613 | 0.000 |
| Huebnerite | 2.170 - 2.320 | 0.120 - 0.130 |
| Ilvaite | 1.727 - 1.883 | 0.156 |
| Imperial Topaz | 1.605 - 1.640 | 0.008 - 0.016 |
| Inderite | 1.488 - 1.505 | 0.017 |
| Inesite | 1.609 - 1.644 | 0.035 |
| Jadeite | 1.640 - 1.667 | 0.012 - 0.020 |
| Jasper | 1.540 | 0.009 |
| Jeremejevite | 1.640 - 1.653 | 0.009 - 0.017 |
| Johachidolite | 1.712 - 1.726 | 0.008 - 0.014 |
| Kornerupine | 1.660 - 1.699 | 0.013 - 0.014 |
| Kovdorskite | 1.527 - 1.549 | 0.022 |
| Kunzite | 1.653 - 1.682 | 0.014 - 0.016 |
| Kurnakovite | 1.488 - 1.525 | 0.027 - 0.034 |
| Kyanite | 1.710 - 1.735 | 0.012 - 0.017 |
| Labradorite | 1.560 - 1.572 | 0.005 - 0.010 |
| Lapis Lazuli | 1.500 - 1.610 | 0.000 |
| Larimar | 1.595 - 1.645 | 0.028 - 0.038 |
| Lawsonite | 1.665 - 1.684 | 0.019 - 0.021 |
| Lazulite | 1.604 - 1.662 | 0.031 - 0.036 |
| Lazurite | 1.500 | 0.000 |
| Lechatelierite | 1.500 - 1.550 | ? |
| Legrandite | 1.675 - 1.740 | 0.038 - 0.060 |
| Leifite | 1.512 - 1.522 | 0.010 - 0.011 |
| Lepidolite | 1.525 - 1.587 | 0.029 - 0.038 |
| Leucite | 1.508 - 1.511 | 0.001 |