Ruby
Ruby
The luster of the sapphire is vitreous or adamantine.
Its the luster of a diamond.
Diamonds do not have a metallic luster; diamond luster is adamantine to waxy.
transparent, adamantine to waxy.
Ruby
Depending on the variety, feldspars can range from adamantine to glassy in luster.
Glassy luster, Metallic luster and Waxy luster.
"Luster" is a term used to characterize a mineral(Reflection of a light). Sulfur Lustre or luster is Adamantine on on crystal faces,glimmering on fracture surfaces!
No. Lustre (or luster) is a description of a mineral's appearance by the way it reflects light. Glassy, metallic, adamantine, and waxy are some examples of words that may be used to describe a mineral's luster.
The luster of the sapphire is vitreous or adamantine.
Its the luster of a diamond.
Diamond luster is described as adamantine to waxy. Adamantine luster is described as "...non-metallic, brilliant-light-reflecting and transmitting properties of minerals..." and is not limited to diamonds.
Luster is a characteristic of a mineral crystal, referring to the way it reflects light. Lusters include adamantine, glassy, dull, earthy, metallic, and waxy.
This is called the luster of the mineral.The luster of a mineral is the way its surface reflects light. Most terms used to describe luster are self-explanatory: metallic, earthy, waxy, greasy, vitreous (glassy), adamantine (or brilliant, as in a faceted diamond).
Diamonds do not have a metallic luster; diamond luster is adamantine to waxy.
the luster of a diamond is adamantine to waxy.