cubic Simulant diamond simulant
Strontium Titanate (Faceted)
Formula SrTiO3
Crystal Structure
#! Species: Strontium Titanate
#! System: Cubic (m3m)
#! Habit: Perovskite cube
cubic[m3m]:{100}
cubic
m3m
{100}
Quick Facts
Hardness
5.5
Specific Gravity
5.13
Refractive Index
2.409
Optical Character
Isotropic
Physical Properties
- Crystal System
- cubic
- Hardness (Mohs)
- 5.5
- Specific Gravity
- 5.13
- Cleavage
- None
- Fracture
- Conchoidal
- Lustre
- Adamantine
Optical Properties
- Refractive Index
- 2.409
- Birefringence
- 0
- Optical Character
- Isotropic
- Dispersion
- 0.19
- Fluorescence
- Inert
Origin & Identification
- Origin
- Simulant
- Growth Method
- Flame Fusion
- First Produced
- 1953
- Diagnostic Features
- Extremely high dispersion (0.190), spectral fire far exceeds diamond, low hardness (5.5), easily scratched, thermal probe reads non-diamond, very rare in modern trade
Characteristics
Colours
Colourless
Common Inclusions
Gas bubbles
Natural Counterpart
The natural gem this simulant imitates
Related Minerals
Other minerals in the cubic system
