Opaque Minerals sorted by Mineral Name

794 Opaque Minerals Sorted by Mineral Name

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Mineral Name	Reflected Light Color	Bireflectance	Anisotropism	Pleochroism	Diaphaneity	Reflectivity Record Count
Orcelite	orange white		noticeable	low, weaker than nickeline	Opaque	32
Oregonite	white		weak		Opaque	32
Orickite			strong, from grayish brown to grayish blue	weak, pale yellow to slightly deeper yellow	Opaque	8
Orpiment #			bearly observable because of the strong internal reflections	strong, white to gray-white with a reddish tint	Transparent to translucent	32
Osarsite	gray		weak but distinct in air		Opaque
Osmium #	white, bluish gray tint		weak to moderate		Opaque	32
Ottemannite	gray with orange-brown internal reflections		strong	weak	Opaque
Ourayite	galena white		distinct to strong, light gray to bluish black	weak in oil	Opaque
Ovamboite !	pale yellowish pink with no internal reflections	none	none	none	Opaque	8
Owensite	pale brownish gray	not obvious	not obvious	not obvious	Opaque	8
Owyheeite #	gray-white		strong, yellowish white to gray	distinct	Opaque	32
Paakkonenite	light pale gray with bright red internam reflections		strong	weak	Opaque	28
Paarite !	tin white with no internal reflections		distinct		Opaque	8
Paderaite	creamy white		moderate		Opaque
Paganoite !	gray	none		none	Transparent to Translucent	80
Palarstanide	grayish white with a slight rose tint		slight, dark gray to brownish gray	distinct in oil	Opaque	30
Palladoarsenide	grayish white with a slight rose tint		moderate, dark gray wiht bluish tint to red-brown in air, dark gray to brownish gray in oil		Opaque	32
Palladobismutharsenide	creamy		weak to distinct, in air from gray to extinction; under oil varying from gray to brownish gray		Opaque	8
Palladodymite !	brownish gray with bluish tint		distinct, from bluish gray to reddish brown		Opaque	8
Palladseite	white in air, light gray in oil				Opaque	32
Paolovite	lilac rose			dark lilac rose to pale rose	Opaque	30
Paracostibite	white with a faint grayish tinge		weak, faint pink to pale buff	weak	Opaque	32
Paradocrasite	bright white		strong, in vivid pinks, pale orange, yellow, pale greenish blue and pale green.	distinct, from yellowish white to slightly gray white in air, pale pink-white-gray in oil	Opaque
Paraguanajuatite #			distinct	distinct in air	Opaque	32
Parapierrotite	white with a creamy tint with rare purple-red internal reflections		distinct, brownish gray to bluish gray	weak in air , grayish white to brownish gray in oil	Opaque	32
Pararammelsbergite #			strong, in russet-brown, brown, yellow, gray		Opaque	32
Pararsenolamprite !	white with a slight greenish blue tint	from creamy to brown, gray, green	strong	dark brown and greenish gray	Opaque	16
Paraschachnerite	creamy white		distinct	brownish rose-white to creamy white	Opaque
Parkerite #	light cream		strong, greenish gray to yellowish brown	perceptible	Opaque	32
Parkinsonite	gray with deep red to red-orange internal reflections	moderate	weak to moderate		Translucent	32
Pasavaite !	pale pink with a brown tint	strong	distinct to strong with no internal reflections	brownish pink to light pink	Opaque	38
Patronite #	dark gray			strong	Opaque	32
Pautovite !	grayish white to gray	strong	yes with no internal reflections	grayish-white to grey with slight pink tint	Opaque	8
Pavonite #	white		strong, in pale to intense blue and light tan to brown.	strong, gray-pink-white and blue-gray-white in oil	Opaque	32
Paxite	light grayish white		very strong, in light gray-green and dark brown with violet tint		Opaque	32
Pearceite #	white, with very dark red internal reflections		moderate, often dark violet	very weak in air, fair in oil	Opaque to subtranslucent	32
Pekoite	white to cream				Opaque
Penroseite #	creamy grayish white				Opaque	32
Pentlandite #				none	Opaque	32
Penzhinite	grayish white		evident, in colors of creamy yellow and greenish gray		Opaque
Permingeatite	light brownish pink		strong, with bright colors in rose and green		Opaque	32
Perovskite #	dark bluish gray				Transparent to translucent to opaque	32
Peterbaylissite	gray with slight bluish tinge	weak to moderate	weak, dark gray to brown		Opaque	32
Petewilliamsite !	dark gray with orange internal reflections	none	not obvious	none	Translucent	40
Petrovicite	cream		weak, in dark green and violet		Opaque	32
Petzite #	grayish white with a bale bluish tint		noticeable in part		Opaque	32
Picotpaulite	creamy white		strong, in gray-violet tints	strong	Opaque	32
Pierrotite	white, with red internal reflections, dark red in transmitted light		moderate		Opaque	32
Pillaite !	rare red internal reflections	weak	weak	none	Opaque	124
Pilsenite #			noticeable		Opaque
Pirquitasite	brownish gray, with red internal reflections		strong, from brick red to light green		Opaque	30
Pizgrischite !	dark brown in oil	not apparent	weak in dark brown	not apparent	Opaque	80
Plagionite #	white, pale		distinct in oil	noticeable	Opaque	32
Platarsite	gray				Opaque	30
Platinum #	white				Opaque	32
Plattnerite #	gray-white, with red-brown internal reflections		noticeable, midnight blue	distinct	Subtranslucent to opaque	32
Platynite ?			strong		Opaque
Playfairite				strong, white to brownish gray	Opaque
Plumboferrite #	light gray	weak			Opaque	32
Plumbopalladinite	bright white with a faint rose tint		strong, orange-brown to dark brown	noticeable in air	Opaque	28
Polarite	white with yellowish tint		slight gray to pale brown in oil		Opaque	28
Polhemusite	gray, with intense red internal reflections		moderate in air, strong in oil	very slightly brownish gray to slightly lavender-gray
Polkanovite !	white with cream-red tint		distinct		Opaque	8
Polyakovite-(Ce) !	gray			none	Opaque to translucent	8
Potarite #	cream to creamish white		noted on inclusions, brown with an orange tinge.		Opaque	28
Potosiite	white		moderate, bluish gray to grayish pale yellow	faint, from bluish gray to yellowish gray	Opaque	8
Poubaite	creamy white		strong in light grayish	maximum parallel to elongation, creamy	Opaque	30
Poyarkovite	white		strong, azure to blue		Opaque to translucent	22
Proudite	creamy white		straong cream-gray to tan	strong cream-white to white	Opaque
Putoranite	light yellow		nickelian variety distinctly anisotropic		Opaque	26
Putzite !	pale rose-brownish; no internal reflections	none	none	none	Opaque	80
Pyrargyrite #			strong, in yellow-white and gray-blue		Opaque to translucent	32
Pyrite #	creamy white				Opaque	32
Pyrobelonite #	gray with red and orange internal reflections	observable	strong		Transparent	32
Pyrolusite #	white with creamy yellow tint	weak, yellow to yellow-gray	strong in yellow		Opaque	32
Pyrrhotite #			strong	weak	Opaque	32
Qandilite	light gray with a pinkish tint				Opaque	32
Quadratite !	grayish white with a bluish tint, dark red internal reflections in oil along cleavage tracks				Opaque to translucent	8
Quenselite #			strong		Opaque	32
Qusongite !	steel gray with internal reflections		medium from deep gray to light brown		Opaque	40
Radhakrishnaite	rose-brown		distinct		Opaque	32
Raguinite	creamy grayish white perpendicular to the fibers, and rose colored parallel		strong, with orange dominant	strong, grayish white to rose	Opaque	32
Rambergite !	steel gray with brown-red internal reflections				Opaque	8
Ramdohrite #	white		moderate	very weak	Opaque	32
Rammelsbergite #	white, pure		strong, especially in blues	weak, in yellow to pinkish hue and bluish white	Opaque	32
Rasvumite			strong	strong	Opaque	32
Rathite #	white with deep red internal reflections		intense, olive-green or yellow and bluish violet	strong	Nearly opaque	32
Rayite	white with greenish and bluish tints		perceptible, from dark blue to dark reddish brown	greenish to greenish blue	Opaque	32
Realgar #	gray white with abundant yellow to red internal reflections		strong, in polished sections		Transparent to translucent	32
Renierite #	orange brown		strong, yellow to reddish orange	orange to brown or bronze with a violet tint	Opaque	32
Rhodarsenide !	brownish with a pale green tinge		moderate to distinct	weak in air, distinct in oil	Opaque	8
Rhodium	bright white				Opaque	8
Rhodostannite	reddish		distinct , from bluish gray to dark brown		Opaque	32
Rhodplumsite	white		strong	notable, from cream-pink to grayish hue	Opaque
Rickardite #			strong	strong, carmine to violet-gray	Opaque	32
Rinmanite !			moderate		Opaque	8
Robinsonite #			strong, in blue-gray, cream-white and brown-gray		Opaque
Rohaite	yellowish cream to dull bluish gray		very strong, from yellowish cream to black, with dark red-purple colors present at extinction	distinct to strong	Opaque	32
Romanechite #	gray-white	strong, gray to white	strong		Opaque	32
Roquesite	gray with a slight bluish tint		very weak		Opaque	32