Irregular Grains - Occurs as splotchy, anhedral crystals forming inclusions in other minerals or rocks.
Habit:
Platy - Sheet forms (e.g. micas).
Habit:
Scaly - Morphology like fish scales.
Hardness:
2-3 - Gypsum-Calcite
Luster:
Metallic
Streak:
brown
Optical Properties of Aurorite
Gladstone-Dale:
CI meas= 0.26 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= 0.244 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2584,KPDmeas= 0.2532,KC= 0.3419 Ncalc = 2.3 - 2.4
Optical Data:
Biaxial (?), a=2
RL Anisotrophism:
Yellow-gray to brownish gray.
RL Bireflectance:
Strong, cream white to medium black.
Reflectivity
Standardized Intensity (100%) Reflection Spectra of Aurorite in Air
λ
R1
R2
∑ R1(λ)
∑ R2(λ)
400 nm
10.40
36.50
420 nm
10.30
35.30
440 nm
10.20
34.00
460 nm
9.99
32.40
480 nm
9.67
30.60
500 nm
9.49
29.20
520 nm
9.31
27.80
540 nm
9.16
26.60
560 nm
9.11
25.60
580 nm
8.93
24.90
600 nm
8.88
24.50
620 nm
8.87
24.00
640 nm
8.85
23.70
660 nm
8.84
23.40
680 nm
8.82
22.90
700 nm
8.80
22.70
Calculated Relative Intensity Colors of Aurorite in Air
Relative Intensity
0%
100%
200%
300%
400%
500%
600%
700%
800%
900%
970%
R1
R2
Calculated Properties of Aurorite
Electron Density:
Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.72 gm/cc note: Specific Gravity of Aurorite =3.87 gm/cc.
Fermion Index:
Fermion Index = 0.0002220344 Boson Index = 0.9997779656
Photoelectric:
PEAurorite = 31.99 barns/electron U=PEAurorite x rElectron Density= 118.99 barns/cc.
Radioactivity:
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Aurorite is Not Radioactive
Chemical Formula: 
