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Optical effect displayed by opal
Rough sample of common opalRough sample of precious opal, showing iridescence
Opalescence or play of color is the optical phenomenon displayed by the mineraloid gemstone opal,[1] a hydrated silicon dioxide.[2]
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Opalescence or play of color is the optical phenomenon displayed by the mineraloid gemstone opal, a hydrated silicon dioxide. Each of the three notable...
Critical opalescence is a phenomenon which arises in the region of a continuous, or second-order, phase transition. Originally reported by Charles Cagniard...
1908 he was the first physicist to ascribe the phenomenon of critical opalescence to large density fluctuations. His investigations explained the blue...
term opalescence is commonly used to describe this unique and beautiful phenomenon, which in gemology is termed play of color. In gemology, opalescence is...
explains why the sky is blue. Einstein quantitatively derived critical opalescence from a treatment of density fluctuations, and demonstrated how both the...
similar to opalescence.: Fig.5 In 1833 Sir David Brewster described a similar effect in chlorophyll which he also considered a form of opalescence. Sir John...
apparently calcium oxalate. Microscopy using polarized light shows bright opalescence with raphides. Plants like Tradescantia pallida also accumulate calcium...
mixing process of the glass' processing, giving the material a quality of opalescence. Opaline glass gets its distinctive iridescent milkiness from opacifying...
popularly known as "cat's eye". This variety exhibits pleasing chatoyancy or opalescence that reminds one of the eye of a cat. When cut to produce a cabochon...
valuable as they do not have opalescence. Black opals and other precious opals are rarer, but much more valuable for their opalescence and other desirable optical...
almost non-existent. This is associated with the phenomenon of critical opalescence, a milky appearance of the liquid due to density fluctuations at all...
& Company An orange tabby in a Disney film inspired by Oliver Twist. Opalescence (or Opal) My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Rarity's ill-tempered Persian...
anise) come out of solution and cloud the drink. The resulting milky opalescence is called the louche (Fr. opaque or shady, IPA [luʃ]). The release of...
critical states, which exhibit to the naked eye the phenomenon of critical opalescence. For laboratory studies of critical states, exceptionally long observation...
non-adularia gemstones is termed differently – the "girasol effect" and opalescence (for opals only) are two such terms. When the schiller forms an indistinct...
spectrum. Stokes formed the term from a combination of fluorspar and opalescence (preferring to use a mineral instead of a solution), albeit it was later...
antennae and thorax are brownish grey with a strong white to ash-grey opalescence, with the thorax becoming green to blue under certain light. The antenna...
as different as ferromagnetism close to the Curie point and critical opalescence of liquid near its critical point. From the quantum field theory point...
Scattering of light by tiny particles in a colloidal suspension Critical opalescence HRS Computing – scientific simulation software Marian Smoluchowski –...
is exemplified by blue-tinged semi-opaque or clear glass with milky opalescence in the center, seen in creations by Lalique, Sabino, and Jobling's. This...
dispersions, or hydrosols. Aerogel Jello cubes Colloidal silica gel with light opalescence Whipped cream A dollop of hair gel Creams are semi-solid emulsions of...
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in Protozoa (e.g., Tetrahymena), techniques based on measurement of opalescence were also developed. Becker EL (1977). "Stimulated neutrophil locomotion:...
whatsoever. Opalescence Persian cat Female White None Light Lime None 2011 Friendship Is Magic Opalescence is Rarity's pet Persian cat. Opalescence is a white...
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