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 Topic: What makes calcite white vs. colorless? |
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| df Replies: 6 Views: 13712 |
 Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Feb 06, 2015 10:36 Subject: Re: what makes calcite White vs. colorless? |
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Is it true to say that the higher degree of crystallinity, the more translucent, because light just travels through it without bouncing back/being absorbed? |
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| Topic: What makes calcite white vs. colorless? |
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| df Replies: 6 Views: 13712 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Feb 06, 2015 09:06 Subject: What makes calcite white vs. colorless? |
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I’m wondering how crystallinity can affect color of minerals: For example, what causes calcite to be either white or colorless? Purity; grain size; degree of crystallinity; cleava ... |
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