Sphene. Approx. .8cwt. Natural Earth Mined. 7x5x2.5mm. See Video

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Sphene has one of the highest dispersions of any mineral; the term dispersion refers to a mineral’s ability to break white light into spectral colors. The dispersion of sphene is 0.051. A diamond’s dispersion is 0.044. It’s also pleochroic, showing more than one color depending on the angle from which you view it. Sphene comes from the Greek word “sphenos,” meaning wedge, a reference to the mineral’s characteristic wedge-shaped crystals.