Mineral |
Refractive
Index |
Birefringence |
no
guarantee |
from various
sources |
from various
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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 |
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