Optical properties

Martin S. (United Kingdom)
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  1. pleochroism
    the phenomenon of different colors appearing when certain crystals are viewed from different directions
  2. optical phenomenon
    a physical phenomenon related to or involving light
  3. crystallography
    the branch of science that studies the formation and structure of crystals
  4. cleavage
    the act of splitting
  5. birefringence
    splitting a ray into two parallel rays polarized perpendicularly
  6. refraction
    the change in direction of a propagating wave
Created on Sun Nov 13 06:04:42 EST 2011 (updated Sun Nov 13 11:12:58 EST 2011)

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