File:Cordierite2.JPG · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
pleochroism
Sign in to savethumb|Pleochroism of cordierite shown by rotating a polarizing filter on the lens of the camera thumb|Pleochroism of tourmaline shown by rotating a polarizing filter on the lens of the camera
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 655 inbound references to pleochroism, and connects out to chrysoberyl, spodumene and hexagonal crystal system.
Vinony files it under Color appearance phenomena, Gemology and Microscopy.
Vinony links it to 41 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- optical phenomenon
Show 2 more facts
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- Commons category
- Pleochroism
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
~6 min read
Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Background
- In mineralogy and gemology
- List of pleochroic minerals
- Purple and violet
- Blue
- Green
- Yellow
- Brown and orange
- Red and pink
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Pleochroism of cordierite shown by rotating a polarizing filter on the lens of the camera thumb|Pleochroism of tourmaline shown by rotating a polarizing filter on the lens of the camera
Pleochroism is an optical phenomenon in which a substance has different colors when positioned at different angles with respect to linearly polarized light.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “pleochroism” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.