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refringence
[ ri-frin-juhns ]
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Origin of refringence1
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The mineral has a high refractive index, and strong bi-refringence.
From Project Gutenberg
The difference, 0.1723, between these two indices gives a measure of the bi-refringence or double refraction.
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