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Uniaxial Minerals sorted by Index of Refraction |
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Mineral Name | A | B | Sign | Bire | Pleo- chroic |
Dispersion |
Parisite-(Nd) | 1.679 ω | 1.754 ε | U+ | .0750 | No | |
Brockite | 1.68 ω | 1.695 ε | U+ | .0150 | No | |
Natisite | 1.68 ε | 1.756 ω | U- | .0760 | No | |
Pyrochroite # | 1.68 to 1.681 ε | 1.72 to 1.723 ω | U- | .0400 to .0420 | No | |
Johnbaumite | 1.684 ε | 1.687 ω | U- | .0030 | Yes | |
Comblainite | 1.684 ε | 1.69 ω | U- | .0060 | Yes | |
Weilerite | 1.688 ε | 1.698 ω | U- | .0100 | No | |
Rhabdophane-(Ce) # | 1.688 ω | 1.744 ε | U+ | .0560 | No | |
Zalesiite ! | 1.688 ω | 1.765 ε | U+ | .0770 | Yes | |
Ilimaussite-(Ce) | 1.689 ω | 1.695 ε | U+ | .0060 | No | |
Willemite # | 1.691 to 1.72 ω | 1.719 to 1.73 ε | U+ | .0280 | No | |
Florencite-(La) | 1.694 ω | 1.701 ε | U+ | .0070 | No | |
Muirite | 1.697 ω | 1.704 ε | U+ | .0070 | Yes | |
Svabite # | 1.698 ε | 1.706 ω | U- | .0080 | No | |
Vesuvianite # | 1.698 to 1.736 ε | 1.702 to 1.742 ω | U- | .0040 to .0060 | Yes | |
Fluorvesuvianite ! | 1.699 ε | 1.702 ω | U- | .0030 | Yes | |
Alforsite | 1.7 ε | 1.7 ω | U- | .0000 | No | |
Turneaureite | 1.7 ε | 1.708 ω | U- | .0080 | Yes | |
Nelenite | 1.7 ε | 1.718 ω | U- | .0180 | Yes | |
Wiserite # | 1.7 to 1.717 ε | 1.751 to 1.76 ω | U- | .0510 | No | |
Tuite ! | 1.701 ω | 1.706 ε | U+ | .0050 | No | |
Kemmlitzite | 1.701 ω | 1.707 ε | U+ | .0060 | No | |
Agardite-(Y) | 1.701 ω | 1.782 ε | U+ | .0810 | Yes | |
Traskite | 1.702 ε | 1.714 ω | U- | .0120 | Yes | |
Peprossiite-(Ce) | 1.703 ω | 1.711 ε | U+ | .0080 | No | |
Goudeyite | 1.704 ω | 1.765 ε | U+ | .0610 | Yes | |
Diversilite-(Ce) ! | 1.705 ω | 1.708 ε | U+ | .0030 | Yes | |
Juanitaite ! | 1.705 ε | 1.785 ω | U- | .0800 | Yes | |
Berndtite | 1.705 ε | 1.93 ω | U- | .2250 | No | |
Amakinite | 1.707 ω | 1.722 ε | U+ | .0150 | No | |
Pretulite ! | 1.709 ω | 1.86 ε | U+ | .1510 | Yes | |
Haydeeite ! | 1.71 ε | 1.753 ω | U- | .0430 | Yes | |
Zdenekite | 1.71 ε | 1.77 ω | U- | .0600 | Yes | |
Fencooperite ! | 1.711 ε | 1.723 ω | U- | .0120 | Yes | |
Palmierite # | ε | 1.712 ω | U- | No | ||
Jarosite # | 1.713 to 1.715 ε | 1.815 to 1.82 ω | U- | .1020 to .1050 | Yes | none |
Hidalgoite # | 1.713 | U | No | |||
Osarizawaite | 1.714 ω | 1.731 ε | U+ | .0170 | No | |
Hematolite # | 1.714 ε | 1.733 ω | U- | .0190 | No | |
Bariosincosite ! | 1.715 ε | 1.721 ω | U- | .0060 | Yes | |
Jasmundite | 1.715 ω | 1.728 ε | U+ | .0130 | No | |
Xenotime-(Yb) ! | 1.715 ω | 1.802 ε | U+ | .0870 | Yes | |
Hydroxylbastnasite-(Nd) | 1.715 ω | 1.81 ε | U+ | .0950 | No | |
Bastnasite-(Y) | 1.717 ω | 1.818 ε | U+ | .1010 | No | |
Bastnasite-(La) | 1.717 ω | 1.818 ε | U+ | .1010 | No | |
Bastnasite-(Ce) # | 1.717 ω | 1.818 ε | U+ | .1010 | No | none |
Holtstamite ! | 1.718 ω | 1.746 ε | U+ | .0280 | Yes | |
Satterlyite | 1.719 ε | 1.721 ω | U- | .0020 | Yes | |
Manganvesuvianite ! | 1.719 ε | 1.731 ω | U- | .0120 | Yes | |
Bromellite # | 1.719 ω | 1.733 ε | U+ | .0140 | No | |
Parascorodite ! | 1.72 ε-ω | 1.72 ε-ω | U-+ | .0000 | No | |
Tetrawickmanite | 1.72 ε | 1.724 ω | U- | .0040 | No | |
Florencite-(Nd) | 1.72 ω | 1.73 ε | U+ | .0100 | No | |
Melanocerite-(Ce) # | 1.72 ε | 1.73 ω | U- | .0100 | No | |
Galileiite ! | 1.72 ω | 1.75 ε | U+ | .0300 | Yes | |
Droninoite ! | 1.72 | U | No | |||
Wiluite ! | 1.721 ω | 1.725 ε | U+ | .0040 | Yes | |
Xenotime-(Y) # | 1.721 ω | 1.816 ε | U+ | .0950 | Yes | none |
Vicanite-(Ce) | 1.722 ε | 1.757 ω | U- | .0350 | Yes | |
Magnesiotaaffeite-2N2S | 1.722 ω | 1.777 ε | U+ | .0550 | No | |
Chromdravite ! | 1.722 to 1.724 ε | 1.778 to 1.78 ω | U- | .0560 | Yes | |
Connellite # | 1.724 to 1.738 ω | 1.746 to 1.758 ε | U+ | .0220 | Yes | none |
Agardite-(Ce) ! | 1.725 ω | 1.81 ε | U+ | .0850 | Yes | |
Plumboagardite ! | 1.726 ω | 1.805 ε | U+ | .0790 | No | |
Kittatinnyite | ε | 1.727 ω | U- | Yes | ||
Proshchenkoite-(Y) ! | 1.728 ε | 1.734 ω | U- | .0060 | No | |
Stottite # | 1.728 ε | 1.738 ω | U- | .0100 | No | |
Britholite-(Y) | 1.728 to 1.75 ε | 1.73 to 1.752 ω | U- | .0020 | No | |
Wallkilldellite | ε | 1.728 ω | U- | No | ||
Vanadiumdravite ! | 1.729 ε | 1.786 ω | U- | .0570 | Yes | |
Fluorcalciobritholite ! | 1.73 ε | 1.735 ω | U- | .0050 | Yes | |
Mixite # | 1.73 ω | 1.81 ε | U+ | .0800 | Yes | none |
Dixenite # | 1.73 ε | 1.97 ω | U- | .2400 | No | |
Coffinite # | 1.73 to 1.75 ε-ω | 1.73 to 1.75 ε-ω | U-+ | .0000 | No | |
Congolite | 1.731 ε | 1.755 ω | U- | .0240 | No | |
Magnesiotaaffeite-6N3S ! | 1.735 ε | 1.739 ω | U- | .0040 | No | |
Sherwoodite # | 1.735 ε | 1.765 ω | U- | .0300 | No | |
Buttgenbachite # | 1.738 ω | 1.752 ε | U+ | .0140 | Yes | |
Arsenoflorencite-(Ce) | 1.739 ω | 1.745 ε | U+ | .0060 | No | |
Arsenoflorencite-(Nd) * | 1.74 ω | 1.75 ε | U+ | .0100 | No | |
Arsenoflorencite-(La) * | 1.74 ω | 1.75 ε | U+ | .0100 | No | |
Okanoganite-(Y) | 1.74 ε | 1.753 ω | U- | .0130 | No | |
Mongolite | 1.74 ε | 1.8 ω | U- | .0600 | No | |
Quetzalcoatlite | 1.74 ε | 1.802 ω | U- | .0620 | No | |
Cetineite | 1.74 ω | ε | U+ | Yes | ||
Akdalaite | 1.741 ε | 1.747 ω | U- | .0060 | No | |
Cerchiaraite ! | 1.745 ω | 1.765 ε | U+ | .0200 | Yes | |
Mathewrogersite | 1.745 ε | 1.81 ω | U- | .0650 | No | |
Florencite-(Ce) # | 1.747 ω | 1.776 ε | U+ | .0290 | No | |
Fleischerite | 1.747 ω | 1.776 ε | U+ | .0290 | No | |
Waylandite | 1.748 ε | 1.774 ω | U- | .0260 | No | |
Hundholmenite-(Y) ! | 1.7487 ε | 1.7578 ω | U- | .0091 | No | |
Gallobeudantite ! | 1.75 ε | 1.763 ω | U- | .0130 | Yes | |
Ammoniojarosite # | 1.75 ε | 1.8 ω | U- | .0500 | No | |
Natrojarosite # | 1.75 ε | 1.83 ω | U- | .0800 | Yes | none |
Chadwickite ! | 1.75 ε | 1.84 ω | U- | .0900 | Yes | |
Wallkilldellite-(Fe) ! | ε | 1.75 ω | U- | Yes | ||
Povondraite ! | 1.751 ε | 1.82 ω | U- | .0690 | Yes | |
Tusionite | 1.752 ε | 1.854 ω | U- | .1020 | No | |
Zinclipscombite ! | 1.755 ω | 1.795 ε | U+ | .0400 | Yes |