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INVESTIGATIONS

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

Serandite

1.668

1.703

0.035

0.035

3.34

3.34

orange, pinkish orange, pink

Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada

 

1.668

1.668

1.671

1.671

1.703

1.703

cut-off 420nm, strong band at 520nm

 

 

The Journal of Gemmology 1996 Vol 25, N°1,p37

Serandite

1.674

1.709

0.035

0.035

3.42

3.42

orange-pink

Canada

0.18 ct

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gemmologie, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gemmologischen Gesellschaft 2013 62/1-2, Jun, p36-37

Serandite

1.679

1.711

0.032

0.032

3.47

3.47

very bright orange

Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada

0.79ct, transparent

1.679

1.679

1.680

1.681

1.711

1.711

broad band at 520nm, cut-off at 420nm

 

 

Gems & Gemology 1995 Spring, p66

 

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

Serandite

1.66

1.688

0.028

0.028

3.32

3.32

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.gemmology.be 

Serandite

1.66

1.688

0.028

0.028

3.32

3.32

1.660

1.660

1.664

1.664

1.688

1.688

Joel Arem, Color Encyclopedia of Gemstones, 1987 

Serandite

1.66

1.703

0.028

0.028

3.32

3.42

1.660

1.668

1.664

1.671

1.668

1.703

http://www.geminterest.com 

Serandite

1.66

1.71

0.025

0.036

3

3.52

1.660

1.680

1.671

1.682

1.705

1.710

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

Serandite

1.667

1.709

0.026

0.036

3.33

3.43

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gemmo.eu 2013

Serandite

1.672

1.708

0.036

0.036

3.52

3.52

1.672

1.672

1.675

1.675

1.708

1.708

Gemmological Tables, Ulrich Henn, 2004 

Serandite

1.672

1.708

0.036

0.036

3.52

3.52

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gems, R Webster, 5th edition 1994 

Serandite

1.672

1.711

0.032

0.036

3.47

3.52

1.672

1.679

 

 

1.708

1.711

Bestimmungstabellen für Edelsteine, Birgit Günther, 2008 

 

CAUSE OF COLOUR

Stone

Colour

Cause of colour

Reference

Serandite

pink

Mn²+ in octahedral coordination

Steffen, Farbe und Lumineszenz von Mineralien, 2000

 

MINERAL INCLUSIONS

 

LOCALITIES

STONE

LOCALITIES

REFERENCE

Serandite

 

Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County

Québec

Canada

The Journal of Gemmology 1996 Vol 25, N°1,p37

 

CHEMICAL DATA (%)