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| Chemical Formula |
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| Physical Properties of Cubic Zirconia | ||||||||||||||
| Mohs Hardness | 8.5, Blue Chart Gem Identification (2010) | |||||||||||||
| Specific Gravity | 5.50 to 6.00, Blue Chart Gem Identification (2010) | |||||||||||||
| Optical Properties of Cubic Zirconia | ||||||||||||||
| Refractive Index | 2.150 to 2.182, Blue Chart Gem Identification (2010) | |||||||||||||
| Optical Character | Isotropic, Gemmological Tables (2004) | |||||||||||||
| Colour | ||||||||||||||
| Colour (General) | All colors, Blue Chart Gem Identification (2010) More from other references | |||||||||||||
| Transparency | Transparent,Translucent, Blue Chart Gem Identification (2010) Slight "see-through"More from other references | |||||||||||||
| Fluorescence & other light emissions | ||||||||||||||
| Fluorescence (General) | Commonly greenish-yellow to yellow-orangy, Blue Chart Gem Identification (2010) | |||||||||||||
| Crystallography of Cubic Zirconia | ||||||||||||||
| Crystal System | Isometric, Blue Chart Gem Identification (2010) | |||||||||||||
| Inclusions in Cubic Zirconia | ||||||||||||||
| May show feathers-like inclusions - Blue Chart Gem Identification, Herve Nicolas Lazzarelli, 2010, p 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Further Information | ||||||||||||||
| Mineral information: | Cubic Zirconia information at mindat.org | |||||||||||||