Diopside

Refractive Index: 1.6829
Abbe Number: 59.3
Crystal System: Isotropic (cubic)
Formation: Natural
Dispersion Data: Measured (published fit)
Fits: 1

Refraction Fits

Fit #1

Shannon / Cauchy

$n$

n

= 1.6829

V_{D}

= 59.3

n^{2} = 1 + \frac{λ ^{2}}{0.5631 ( λ ^{2} - 0.010655 )}

Absorption Specimens

Myanmar, Mandalay Division, Mogok (Kyatpyin)

Myanmar, Mandalay Division, Mogok (Kyatpyin)

Sri Lanka, Sabaragamuwa Province, Embilipitiya

United States, New York (Saint Lawrence County), De Kalb