Diaphaniety of Minerals (original) (raw)
Definition
From Webster�s Second Edition:
dī"��ph�nė�i�ty, n. [Greek diapheia, transparency, from_diaphanes_, transparent; _dia_-, through, and phainein, to show.] the quality of being transparent.
| Diaphaniety | MINERAL COUNT |
|---|---|
| Nearly opaque | 4 |
| Opaque | 897 |
| Opaque to subtranslucent | 6 |
| Opaque to translucent | 12 |
| Semitranslucent | 1 |
| Subopaque | 15 |
| Subopaque to Opaque | 2 |
| Subtranslucent | 17 |
| Subtranslucent to Opaque | 65 |
| Subtranslucent to translucent to opaque | 1 |
| Subtransparent | 4 |
| Subtransparent to Opaque | 8 |
| Subtransparent to subtranslucent | 7 |
| Subtransparent to translucent | 14 |
| Subtransparent to translucent to opaque | 2 |
| Translucent | 362 |
| Translucent to Opaque | 144 |
| Translucent to Subopaque | 23 |
| Translucent to Subtranslucent | 1 |
| Translucent to subtranslucent | 33 |
| Translucent to subtranslucent to opaque | 6 |
| Translucent to transparent | 29 |
| Transparent | 923 |
| Transparent to Dull | 1 |
| Transparent to Opaque | 28 |
| Transparent to Semiopaque | 1 |
| Transparent to Subopaque | 21 |
| Transparent to Subtranslucent | 36 |
| Transparent to Subtransparent to translucent | 13 |
| Transparent to Translucent | 801 |
| Transparent to translucent to opaque | 29 |
| Transparent to translucent to subtranslucent | 1 |
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