| A |
|
| Acetone |
1.36 |
| Acrylic glass |
1.490 - 1.492 |
| Actinolite |
1.618 |
| Agalmatoite |
1.550 |
| Agate |
1.544 - 1.553 |
| Agate, Moss |
1.540 |
| Air |
1.000 |
| Alcohol |
1.329 |
| Alcohol, Ethyl (grain) |
1.36 |
| Alcohol, Methyl (wood) |
1.329 |
| Alexandrite |
1.746 - 1.755 |
| Almandine |
1.75 - 1.83 |
| Aluminum |
1.39 |
| Aluminum Chloride |
2.700 |
| Aluminum Oxide |
1.665 |
| Amber |
1.539 - 1.545 |
| Amblygonite |
1.611 |
| Amethyst |
1.532 - 1.554 |
| Ammolite |
1.52 -1.68 |
| Amorphous Selenium |
2.920 |
| Anatase |
2.490 |
| Andalusite |
1.629 - 1.650 |
| Anhydrite |
1.571 |
| Apatite |
1.632 - 1.42 |
| Apophyllite |
1.536 |
| Aquamarine |
1.567-1.590 |
| Aragonite |
1.530 |
| Argon |
1.000 |
| Asphalt |
1.635 |
| Augelite |
1.574 |
| Axenite |
1.674 - 1.704 |
| Azurite |
1.730 |
|
|
| B |
|
| Barite |
1.636 |
| Barytocalcite |
1.684 |
| Beer |
1.345 |
| Benitoite |
1.757 |
| Benzene |
1.501 |
| Beryl |
1.57 - 1.60 |
| Beryl, Red |
1.570 - 1.598 |
| Beryllonite |
1.553 |
| Borax |
1.446 |
| Brazilianite |
1.603 |
| Bromine (liquid) |
1.661 |
| Bronze |
1.180 |
| Brownite |
1.567 |
|
|
| C |
|
| Calcite |
1.486 |
| Calspar |
1.486 - 1.660 |
| Cancrinite |
1.491 |
| Carbon Dioxide |
1.000 |
| Carbon Disulfide |
1.628 - 1.630 |
| Carbon Tetrachloride |
1.460 |
| Carbonated Beverages |
1.34 - 1.356 |
| Cassiterite |
1.997 |
| Celestite |
1.622 |
| Cerussite |
1.804 |
| Ceylanite |
1.770 |
| Chalcedony |
1.544 - 1.553 |
| Chalk |
1.510 |
| Chalybite |
1.630 |
| Chlorine (gas) |
1.001 |
| Chlorine (liquid) |
1.385 |
| Chrome Green |
2.400 |
| Chrome Red |
2.420 |
| Chrome Tourmaline |
1.61 - 1.64 |
| Chrome Yellow |
2.310 |
| Chromium |
2.970 |
| Chromium Oxide |
2.705 |
| Chrysoberyl |
1.745 |
| Chrysocolla |
1.500 |
| Chrysoprase |
1.534 |
| Cinnabar (Mercury sulfide) |
3.020 |
| Citrine |
1.532 - 1.554 |
| Cleaner (all purpose - orange) |
1.293 |
| Clinohumite |
1.625 - 1.675 |
| Clinozoisite |
1.724 |
| Cobalt Blue |
1.740 |
| Cobalt Green |
1.970 |
| Cobalt Violet |
1.710 |
| Colemanite |
1.586 |
| Copper |
2.43 |
| Copper Oxide |
2.705 |
| Coral |
1.486 - 1.658 |
| Cordierite |
1.540 |
| Corundum |
1.766 |
| Cranberry Juice (25%) |
1.351 |
| Crocoite |
2.310 |
| Cromite |
2.160 |
| Crown Glass |
1.520 |
| Crown glass (impure) |
1.485 - 1.755 |
| Crown glass (pure) |
1.500 - 1.540 |
| Cryolite |
1.338 |
| Crysoberyl, Catseye |
1.746 - 1.755 |
| Crystal |
2.000 |
| Cubic zirconia |
2.150 - 2.180 |
| Cuprite |
2.850 |
|
|
| D |
|
| Danburite |
1.627 - 1.641 |
| Diamond |
2.417 |
| Diopside |
1.680 |
| Dolomite |
1.503 |
| Dumortierite |
1.686 |
|
|
| E |
|
| Ebonite |
1.660 |
| Ekanite |
1.600 |
| Elaeolite |
1.532 |
| Emerald |
1.560 - 1.605 |
| Emerald Catseye |
1.560 - 1.605 |
| Emerald, Synth flux |
1.561 |
| Emerald, Synth hydro |
1.568 |
| Enstatite |
1.663 |
| Epidote |
1.733 |
| Ethanol |
1.360 |
| Ethyl Alcohol |
1.360 |
| Euclase |
1.652 |
| Eye, Aqueous humor |
1.33 |
| Eye, Cornea |
1.38 |
| Eye, Lens |
1.41 |
| Eye, Vitreous humor |
1.34 |
|
|
| F |
|
| Fabulite |
2.409 |
| Feldspar, Adventurine |
1.532 |
| Feldspar, Albite |
1.525 |
| Feldspar, Amazonite |
1.525 |
| Feldspar, Labradorite |
1.565 |
| Feldspar, Microcline |
1.525 |
| Feldspar, Oligoclase |
1.539 |
| Feldspar, Orthoclase |
1.525 |
| Flint glass (impure) |
1.523 - 1.925 |
| Flint glass (pure) |
1.600 - 1.620 |
| Fluoride |
1.560 |
| Fluorite |
1.434 |
| Formica |
1.470 |
| Fused Quartz |
1.460 |
|
|
| G |
|
| Gallium(III) arsenide |
3.927 |
| Gallium(III) phosphide |
3.500 |
| Garnet, Almandine |
1.760 |
| Garnet, Almandite |
1.790 |
| Garnet, Andradite |
1.88 - 1.94 |
| Garnet, Demantiod |
1.880 - 1.9 |
| Garnet, Grossular |
1.72 - 1.80 |
| Garnet, Hessonite |
1.745 |
| Garnet, Mandarin |
1.790 - 1.8 |
| Garnet, Pyrope |
1.73 - 1.76 |
| Garnet, Rhodolite |
1.740 - 1.770 |
| Garnet, Spessartite |
1.810 |
| Garnet, Tsavorite |
1.739 - 1.744 |
| Garnet, Uvarovite |
1.74 - 1.87 |
| Gaylussite |
1.517 |
| Glass |
1.500 |
| Glass, Albite |
1.489 |
| Glass, Arsenic Trisulfide |
2.04 |
| Glass, Crown (common) |
1.52 |
| Glass, Crown, Zinc |
1.517 |
| Glass, Flint, 29% lead |
1.569 |
| Glass, Flint, 55% lead |
1.669 |
| Glass, Flint, 71% lead |
1.805 |
| Glass, Flint, Dense |
1.660 |
| Glass, Flint, Heaviest |
1.890 |
| Glass, Flint, Heavy |
1.655 |
| Glass, Flint, Lanthanum |
1.800 |
| Glass, Flint, Light |
1.580 |
| Glass, Flint, Medium |
1.627 |
| Glass, Fused Silica |
1.459 |
| Glass, Pyrex |
1.474 |
| Glycerin |
1.473 |
| Glycerol |
1.473 |
| Gold |
0.47 |
| Gypsium |
1.519 |
|
|
| H |
|
| Hambergite |
1.559 |
| Hauyn |
1.490 - 1.505 |
| Hauynite |
1.502 |
| Heaviest Flint Glass |
1.890 |
| Heavy Flint Glass |
1.650 |
| Helium |
1.000 |
| Hematite |
2.940 |
| Hemimorphite |
1.614 |
| Hiddenite |
1.655 |
| Honey, 13% water content |
1.504 |
| Honey, 17% water content |
1.494 |
| Honey, 21% water content |
1.484 |
| Howlite |
1.586 |
| Hydrogen (gas) |
1.000 |
| Hydrogen (liquid) |
1.097 |
| Hypersthene |
1.670 |
|
|
| I |
|
| Ice |
1.309 |
| Idocrase |
1.713 |
| Iodine Crystal |
3.340 |
| Iolite |
1.522 - 1.578 |
| Iron |
2.950 |
| Ivory |
1.540 |
|
|
| J |
|
| Jade, Jadeite |
1.64 - 1.667 |
| Jade, Nephrite |
1.600 - 1.641 |
| Jadeite |
1.665 |
| Jasper |
1.540 |
| Jet |
1.660 |
|
|
| K |
|
| Kornerupine |
1.665 |
| Kunzite |
1.660 - 1.676 |
| Kyanite |
1.715 |
|
|
| L |
|
| Labradorite |
1.560 - 1.572 |
| Lapis Gem |
1.500 |
| Lapis Lazuli |
1.50 - 1.55 |
| Lazulite |
1.615 |
| Lead |
2.010 |
| Lead Nitrate |
1.782 |
| Leucite |
1.509 |
| Light Flint Glass |
1.575 |
| Liquid Carbon Dioxide |
1.200 |
| Liquid Water (20deg C) |
1.333 |
| Lucite |
1.495 |
|
|
| M |
|
| Magnesite |
1.515 |
| Malachite |
1.655 |
| Meerschaum |
1.530 |
| Mercury (liquid) |
1.620 |
| Methanol |
1.329 |
| Milk |
1.35 |
| Moissanite |
2.650 - 2.690 |
| Moldavite |
1.500 |
| Moonstone |
1.518 - 1.526 |
| Moonstone, Adularia |
1.525 |
| Moonstone, Albite |
1.535 |
| Morganite |
1.585 - 1.594 |
| Mylar |
1.65 |
|
|
| N |
|
| Natrolite |
1.480 |
| Nephrite |
1.600 |
| Nickel |
1.08 |
| Nitrogen (gas) |
1.000 |
| Nitrogen (liquid) |
1.205 |
| Nylon |
1.53 |
|
|
| O |
|
| Obsidian |
1.50 |
| Oil of Wintergreen |
1.536 |
| Oil, Clove |
1.535 |
| Oil, Lemon |
1.481 |
| Oil, Neroli |
1.482 |
| Oil, Orange |
1.473 |
| Oil, Safflower |
1.466 |
| Oil, vegetable (50° C) |
1.47 |
| Olivine |
1.670 |
| Onyx |
1.486 |
| Onyx Marble |
1.486 |
| Opal |
1.450 |
| Opal, Black |
1.440 - 1.460 |
| Opal, Fire |
1.430 - 1.460 |
| Opal, White |
1.440 - 1.460 |
| Oregon Sunstone |
1.560 - 1.572 |
| Oxygen (gas) |
1.000 |
| Oxygen (liquid) |
1.221 |
|
|
| P |
|
| Padparadja |
1.760 - 1.773 |
| Painite |
1.787 |
| Pearl |
1.53 - 1.69 |
| Periclase |
1.740 |
| Peridot |
1.635 - 1.690 |
| Peristerite |
1.525 |
| PET |
1.575 |
| Petalite |
1.502 |
| PETg |
1.570 |
| Phenakite |
1.650 |
| Phosgenite |
2.117 |
| Plastic |
1.460 - 1.55 |
| Platinum |
2.33 |
| Plexiglas |
1.488 |
| PMMA |
1.489 - 1.490 |
| Polycarbonate |
1.584 |
| Polystyrene |
1.550 |
| Prase |
1.540 |
| Prasiolite |
1.540 |
| Prehnite |
1.610 |
| Proustite |
2.790 |
| Purpurite |
1.840 |
| Pyrite |
1.810 |
| Pyrope |
1.740 |
|
|
| Q |
|
| Quartz |
1.544 - 1.553 |
| Quartz, Fused |
1.458 |
|
|
| R |
|
| Rhodizite |
1.690 |
| Rhodochrisite |
1.600 |
| Rhodonite |
1.735 |
| Rock salt |
1.516 - 1.544 |
| Rubber, Natural |
1.519 |
| Ruby |
1.757 - 1.779 |
| Rum, White |
1.361 |
| Rutile |
2.620 |
|
|
| S |
|
| Salt |
1.516 |
| Sanidine |
1.522 |
| Sapphire |
1.757 - 1.779 |
| Sapphire, Star |
1.760 - 1.773 |
| Scapolite |
1.540 |
| Scapolite, Yellow |
1.555 |
| Scheelite |
1.920 |
| Selenium, Amorphous |
2.920 |
| Serpentine |
1.560 |
| Shampoo |
1.362 |
| Shell |
1.530 |
| Shower gell |
1.510 |
| Silicon |
4.010 - 4.240 |
| Sillimanite |
1.658 |
| Silver |
1.35 |
| Sinhalite |
1.699 |
| Smaragdite |
1.608 |
| Smithsonite |
1.621 |
| Sodalite |
1.483 |
| Sodium Chloride |
1.544 - 1.644 |
| Spessarite |
1.79 - 1.81 |
| Sphalerite |
2.368 |
| Sphene |
1.885 |
| Spinel |
1.712 - 1.717 |
| Spinel, Blue |
1.712 - 1.747 |
| Spinel, Red |
1.708 - 1.735 |
| Spodumene |
1.650 |
| Star Ruby |
1.76 - 1.773 |
| Staurolite |
1.739 |
| Steatite |
1.539 |
| Steel |
2.500 |
| Stichtite |
1.520 |
| Strontium Titanate |
2.410 |
| Styrofoam |
1.595 |
| Styrene |
1.519 |
| Sugar Solution 30% |
1.38 |
| Sugar Solution 80% |
1.49 |
| Sulphur |
1.960 |
| Synthetic Spinel |
1.730 |
|
|
| T |
|
| Taaffeite |
1.720 |
| Tantalite |
2.240 |
| Tanzanite |
1.692 - 1.700 |
| Teflon |
1.350 - 1.380 |
| Thomsonite |
1.530 |
| Tiger eye |
1.544 |
| Tin Iodide |
2.106 |
| Titanium |
2.16 |
| Topaz |
1.607 - 1.627 |
| Tourmaline, Blue |
1.61 - 1.64 |
| Topaz, Imperial |
1.605-1.640 |
| Topaz, Pink |
1.620 |
| Topaz, White |
1.630 |
| Topaz, Yellow |
1.620 |
| Tourmaline |
1.603 - 1.655 |
| Tourmaline, Blue |
1.61 - 1.64 |
| Tourmaline, Catseye |
1.61 - 1.64 |
| Tourmaline, Green |
1.61 - 1.64 |
| Tourmaline, Paraiba |
1.61 - 1.65 |
| Tourmaline, Red |
1.61 - 1.64 |
| Tremolite |
1.600 |
| Tugtupite |
1.496 |
| Turpentine |
1.472 |
| Turquoise |
1.610 - 1.650 |
|
|
| U |
|
| Ulexite |
1.490 |
| Uvarovite |
1.870 |
|
|
| V |
|
| Vacuum |
1.000 |
| Variscite |
1.550 |
| Vivianite |
1.580 |
| Vodka |
1.363 |
|
|
| W |
|
| Wardite |
1.590 |
| Water (0° C) |
1.33346 |
| Water (100° C) |
1.31766 |
| Water (20° C) |
1.33283 |
| Water (gas) |
1.000 |
| Water (35deg C) |
1.325 |
| Water Ice |
1.310 |
| Whisky |
1.356 |
| Wulfenite |
2.300 |
|
|
| Z |
|
| Zinc Crown Glass |
1.517 |
| Zincite |
2.010 |
| Zircon |
1.777 - 1.987 |
| Zircon, High |
1.960 |
| Zircon, Low |
1.800 |
| Zirconia, Cubic |
2.173 - 2.21 |
|
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