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Stone

RI min

RI max

Biref min

Biref max

Dens min

Dens max

Colour

Locality

Info

nx min

nx max

ny min

ny max

nz min

nz max

Spectrum

UVS

UVL

Reference

Rinkite

1.653

1.662

 

 

3.29

3.33

honey-like, yellow-brown

Kola, Russia

up to 1.77ct, translucent (rarely transparent), aggregate

 

 

 

 

 

 

very strong doublet in orange, two distinct lines in green, complete absorption in blue and violet

 

 

Gemmologie, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gemmologischen Gesellschaft 1997 Mar, p48-50

 

TABLES

Stone

RI min

RI max

Biref min

Biref max

Dens min

Dens max

nx min

 nx max

ny min

ny max

nz min

nz max

Reference

Rinkite

1.642

1.682

0.008

0.01

3.17

3.45

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gemmo.eu 2014

Rinkite

1.643

1.681

0.009

0.009

3.18

3.44

1.643

1.662

1.645

1.667

1.651

1.681

http://www.geminterest.com 

Rinkite

1.643

1.681

0.009

0.009

3.18

3.44

1.643

1.662

1.645

1.667

1.651

1.681

Michael O'Donoghue, Gems: Their Sources, Descriptions and Identification (2006),  873pp 

Rinkite

1.653

1.662

0.009

0.009

3.29

3.33

1.653

1.653

 

 

1.662

1.662

Gemmological Tables, Ulrich Henn, 2004 

Rinkite

1.653

1.662

0.009

0.009

3.29

3.33

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bestimmungstabellen für Edelsteine, Birgit Günther, 2008 

Rinkite

1.665

1.681

0.016

0.016

3.29

3.33

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tables of Gemstone Identification, Roger Dedeyne, Ivo Quintens, 2007 

 

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