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Uniaxial Minerals sorted by Index of Refraction |
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Mineral Name | A | B | Sign | Bire | Pleo- chroic |
Dispersion |
Oftedalite ! | 1.553 ε | 1.556 ω | U- | .0030 | Yes | |
Formicaite ! | 1.553 ω | 1.573 ε | U+ | .0200 | No | |
Diomignite | 1.554 ε | 1.612 ω | U- | .0580 | No | |
Aliettite | 1.556 | 1.567 | U | .0110 | No | |
Julienite * | 1.556 ω | 1.645 ε | U+ | .0890 | No | |
Silvialite ! | 1.558 ε | 1.585 ω | U- | .0270 | No | |
Reyerite # | 1.558 to 1.563 ε | 1.558 to 1.563 ω | U- | .0000 | No | |
Zincowoodwardite-1T ! | 1.558 | U | No | |||
Almarudite ! | 1.559 ε | 1.56 ω | U- | .0010 | Yes | |
Sodium-autunite # | 1.559 ε | 1.578 ω | U- | .0190 | No | |
Sodium meta-autunite ! | 1.559 ε | 1.578 ω | U- | .0190 | No | |
Ferrinatrite # | 1.559 ω | 1.627 ε | U+ | .0680 | No | |
Merrihueite | 1.559 to 1.592 ε | 1.57 ω | U- | .0110 | No | |
Barium-zinc-alumopharmacosiderite * | 1.56 ε | 1.572 ω | U- | .0120 | No | |
Meta-ankoleite | 1.56 ε | 1.58 ω | U- | .0200 | No | |
Brucite # | 1.56 ω | 1.58 ε | U+ | .0200 | No | |
Zeophyllite # | 1.56 to 1.569 ε | 1.565 to 1.577 ω | U- | .0050 to .0080 | No | anomalously biaxial |
Yoshiokaite | 1.56 to 1.58 ω | 1.62 to 1.64 ε | U+ | .0600 | No | |
Coalingite | 1.56 to 1.59 ε | 1.588 to 1.635 ω | U- | .0280 to .0450 | No | |
Nikischerite ! | ε | 1.56 ω | U- | Yes | ||
Shibkovite ! | 1.561 ω | 1.563 ε | U+ | .0020 | Yes | |
Zincowoodwardite-3R ! | ε | 1.5636 ω | U- | No | ||
Cesanite | 1.564 ε | 1.57 ω | U- | .0060 | No | |
Perhamite | 1.564 ω | 1.577 ε | U+ | .0130 | No | |
Beryl # | 1.564 to 1.595 ε | 1.568 to 1.602 ω | U- | .0040 to .0070 | Yes | none |
Pinnoite # | 1.565 ω | 1.575 ε | U+ | .0100 | No | |
Zhonghuacerite-(Ce) | 1.565 ε | 1.745 ω | U- | .1800 | No | |
Brannockite | 1.566 ε | 1.567 ω | U- | .0010 | Yes | |
Chernikovite | 1.568 ε | 1.579 ω | U- | .0110 | Yes | |
Ekanite | 1.568 ε | 1.58 ω | U- | .0120 | No | |
Natroalunite # | 1.568 ω | 1.59 ε | U+ | .0220 | No | |
Brandholzite ! | 1.569 ε | 1.57 ω | U- | .0010 | No | |
Aqualite ! | 1.569 ω | 1.571 ε | U+ | .0020 | No | |
Schaurteite | 1.569 ω | 1.581 ε | U+ | .0120 | No | |
Bariopharmacosiderite | 1.57 ε-ω | 1.57 ε-ω | U-+ | .0000 | No | |
Shafranovskite | 1.57 ε | 1.587 ω | U- | .0170 | Yes | |
Abernathyite # | 1.57 ε | 1.597 ω | U- | .0270 | Yes | |
Caresite | 1.57 ε | 1.599 ω | U- | .0290 | Yes | |
Siderite # | 1.57 to 1.633 ε | 1.785 to 1.875 ω | U- | .2150 to .2420 | No | |
Sergeevite | 1.571 | 1.581 | U | .0100 | No | |
Steacyite | 1.572 ε | 1.573 ω | U- | .0010 | No | |
Godovikovite | 1.572 ω | 1.581 ε | U+ | .0090 | No | |
Alunite # | 1.572 ω | 1.592 ε | U+ | .0200 | No | none |
Ewaldite | 1.572 ε | 1.646 ω | U- | .0740 | Yes | |
Tunisite | 1.573 ω | 1.599 ε | U+ | .0260 | No | |
Heinrichite # | 1.573 ε | 1.605 ω | U- | .0320 | Yes | |
Metavoltine # | 1.573 to 1.581 ε | 1.588 to 1.595 ω | U- | .0150 | Yes | |
Ekaterinite | 1.574 ε | 1.577 ω | U- | .0030 | No | |
Tuliokite | 1.574 ω | 1.587 ε | U+ | .0130 | No | |
Chayesite | 1.575 ω | 1.578 ε | U+ | .0030 | No | |
Darapiosite | 1.575 ε | 1.58 ω | U- | .0050 | No | |
Dmisteinbergite | 1.575 ω | 1.58 ε | U+ | .0050 | No | |
Lawrencite # | 1.576 ε | 1.576 ω | U- | .0000 | No | |
Zeunerite # | 1.576 to 1.623 ε | 1.585 to 1.643 ω | U- | .0090 to .0200 | Yes | none |
Arctite | 1.577 ε | 1.578 ω | U- | .0010 | No | |
Kafehydrocyanite * | 1.577 ω | 1.584 ε | U+ | .0070 | No | |
Sugilite | 1.577 to 1.607 ε | 1.579 to 1.611 ω | U- | .0020 to .0040 | Yes | |
Namuwite | 1.577 | U | No | |||
Sazykinaite-(Y) | 1.578 ε | 1.585 ω | U- | .0070 | Yes | |
Sabieite | 1.578 ω | 1.595 ε | U+ | .0170 | No | |
Cacoxenite # | 1.58 to 1.585 ω | 1.64 to 1.65 ε | U+ | .0600 to .0650 | Yes | none |
Leisingite ! | 1.581 ε | 1.803 ω | U- | .2220 | Yes | |
Malinkoite ! | 1.582 ε | 1.591 ω | U- | .0090 | No | |
Torbernite # | 1.582 ε | 1.592 ω | U- | .0100 | Yes | none |
Piypite | 1.583 ω | 1.695 ε | U+ | .1120 | Yes | |
Bystrite | 1.584 ω | 1.66 ε | U+ | .0760 | Yes | |
Meta-autunite # | 1.584 to 1.596 ε | 1.604 to 1.607 ω | U- | .0200 | No | |
Iraqite-(La) | 1.585 ε | 1.59 ω | U- | .0050 | No | |
Machatschkiite | 1.585 ε | 1.593 ω | U- | .0080 | No | |
Natrouranospinite # | 1.585 ε | 1.612 ω | U- | .0270 | No | |
Trogerite # | 1.585 ε | 1.63 ω | U- | .0450 | No | anomalously biaxial |
Trattnerite ! | 1.586 ε | 1.589 ω | U- | .0030 | Yes | |
Abenakiite-(Ce) | 1.586 ε | 1.589 ω | U- | .0030 | Yes | |
Pertlikite ! | 1.586 ε | 1.59 ω | U- | .0040 | No | |
Dusmatovite | 1.586 ε | 1.59 ω | U- | .0040 | Yes | |
Tungusite | ε | 1.586 ω | U- | No | ||
Walthierite | 1.588 ω | 1.604 ε | U+ | .0160 | No | |
Blatonite ! | 1.588 ω | 1.612 ε | U+ | .0240 | Yes | |
Phosphoellenbergerite ! | 1.588 to 1.589 ε | 1.606 to 1.609 ω | U- | .0180 to .0200 | Yes | |
Rinneite # | 1.5886 ω | 1.5894 ε | U+ | .0008 | No | |
Wenkite | 1.589 ε | 1.596 ω | U- | .0070 | No | |
Chlormanganokalite # | 1.59 ω | 1.59 ε | U+ | .0000 | No | |
Ammonioalunite | 1.59 ω | 1.602 ε | U+ | .0120 | No | |
Wesselsite ! | 1.59 ε | 1.63 ω | U- | .0400 | No | |
Hydrohonessite | 1.59 ε | 1.63 ω | U- | .0400 | No | |
Cuprorivaite # | 1.59 ε | 1.633 ω | U- | .0430 | No | |
Chloromagnesite * | 1.59 ε | 1.675 ω | U- | .0850 | No | |
Zirsinalite | 1.59 to 1.592 ε | 1.624 ω | U- | .0340 | No | |
Tisinalite | 1.59 to 1.592 ε | 1.624 ω | U- | .0340 | No | |
Wardite # | 1.59 to 1.597 ω | 1.599 to 1.607 ε | U+ | .0090 to .0100 | No | |
Meliphanite # | 1.592 to 1.672 ε | 1.611 to 1.664 ω | U- | .0190 | Yes | |
Effenbergerite | 1.593 ε | 1.633 ω | U- | .0400 | Yes | |
Kampfite ! | 1.594 ε | 1.642 ω | U- | .0480 | Yes | |
Karnasurtite-(Ce) | 1.595 ε | 1.617 ω | U- | .0220 | No | |
Metanovacekite # | 1.595 ε | 1.632 ω | U- | .0370 | No | |
Jaffeite | 1.596 ω | 1.604 ε | U+ | .0080 | No | |
Alarsite ! | 1.596 ω | 1.608 ε | U+ | .0120 | Yes | |
Hilairite | 1.596 ε | 1.609 ω | U- | .0130 | No | |
Rhodochrosite # | 1.596 to 1.598 ε | 1.814 to 1.816 ω | U- | .2180 | No | none |
Holtedahlite | 1.597 ε | 1.599 ω | U- | .0020 | No |