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Field Testing & Optics

The properties behind the tools — fluorescence and phosphorescence, specific gravity, refractive index, birefringence, and crystal habit.

Ultraviolet

Ultraviolet

Fluorescence

Fluorescence

Phosphorescence

Phosphorescence

Birefringence

Birefringence

Pleochroism

Pleochroism

Specific Gravity

Specific Gravity

Refractive Index

Refractive Index

Piezoelectricity

Piezoelectricity

Petrographic Microscope

Petrographic Microscope

Luminescence

Luminescence

Optical Mineralogy

Optical Mineralogy

Crystal Habit

Crystal Habit

Chatoyancy

Chatoyancy