Info: Carnelian usually have orange to brown colour, the most precious of carnelians have homogeneus colours.
How to recognize: In UV-light the carnelian emits white-blue colour, only the carnelians from India emit green-yellow colour.
Found: The most famous deposits of carnelian were found in India.
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Crystal structure |
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Trigonal |
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Hardness |
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7 |
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Colour |
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Orange, Red, Brown |
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Shine |
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Wax |