INDEX OF REFRACTION

A Materials C Materials D Materials G Materials I Materials N Materials Q Materials T Materials

Acetone 1.360 Calcite 1.486 Danburite 1.627 Gallium(III) arsenide 3.927 Ice 1.309 Natrolite 1.480 Quartz 1.544 Taaffeite 1.720
Acrylic glass 1.490 Calspar 1.486 Diamond 2.418 Gallium(III) phosphide 3.500 Idocrase 1.713 Nephrite 1.600 Quartz, Fused 1.458 Tantalite 2.240
Actinolite 1.618 Cancrinite 1.491 Diopside 1.680 Garnet, Almandine 1.760 Iodine Crystal 3.340 Nickel 1.080 R Materials Tanzanite 1.692
Agalmatoite 1.550 Carbon dioxide 1.000 Dolomite 1.503 Garnet, Almandite 1.790 Iolite 1.522 Nitrogen (gas) 1.000 Rhodizite 1.690 Teflon 1.350
Agate 1.544 Carbon Disulfide 1.628 Dumortierite 1.686 Garnet, Andradite 1.820 Iron 2.950 Nitrogen (liq) 1.205 Rhodochrisite 1.600 Thomsonite 1.530
Agate, Moss 1.540 Carbon Tetrachloride 1.460 Garnet, Demantiod 1.880 Ivory 1.540 Nylon 1.530 Rhodonite 1.735 Tiger eye 1.544
Air 1.000 Carbonated Beverages 1.340 E Materials Garnet, Grossular 1.720 Rock salt 1.516 Tin Iodide 2.106
Alcohol 1.329 Cassiterite 1.997 Ebonite 1.660 Garnet, Hessonite 1.745 J Materials O Materials Rubber, Natural 1.519 Titanium 2.160
Alcohol, Ethyl (grain) 1.360 Celestite 1.622 Ekanite 1.600 Garnet, Mandarin 1.790 Jade, Jadeite 1.640 Obsidian 1.489 Ruby 1.757 Topaz 1.607
Alcohol, Methyl (wood) 1.329 Cerussite 1.804 Elaeolite 1.532 Garnet, Pyrope 1.730 Jade, Nephrite 1.600 Oil of Wintergreen 1.536 Rum, White 1.361 Topaz, Blue 1.610
Alexandrite 1.746 Ceylanite 1.770 Emerald 1.560 Garnet, Rhodolite 1.740 Jadeite 1.665 Oil, Clove 1.535 Rutile 2.620 Topaz, Imperial 1.605
Almandine 1.750 Chalcedony 1.544 Emerald Catseye 1.560 Garnet, Spessartite 1.810 Jasper 1.540 Oil, Lemon 1.481 Topaz, Pink 1.620
Aluminum 1.244 Chalk 1.510 Emerald, Synth flux 1.561 Garnet, Tsavorite 1.739 Jet 1.660 Oil, Neroli 1.482 S Materials Topaz, White 1.630
Aluminum Chloride 2.700 Chalybite 1.630 Emerald, Synth hydro 1.568 Garnet, Uvarovite 1.740 Oil, Orange 1.473 Salt (NaCl) 1.544 Topaz, Yellow 1.620
Aluminum Oxide 1.665 Chlorine (gas) 1.001 Enstatite 1.663 Gaylussite 1.517 K Materials Oil, Safflower 1.466 Sanidine 1.522 Tourmaline 1.603
Amber 1.539 Chlorine (liquid) 1.385 Epidote 1.733 Glass 1.500 Kornerupine 1.665 Oil, vegetable (50deg C) 1.470 Sapphire 1.757 Tourmaline, Blue 1.610
Amblygonite 1.611 Chrome Green 2.400 Ethanol 1.360 Glass, Albite 1.489 Kunzite 1.660 Olivine 1.670 Sapphire, Star 1.760 Tourmaline, Catseye 1.610
Amethyst 1.532 Chrome Red 2.420 Ethyl Alcohol 1.360 Glass, Arsenic Trisulfide 2.040 Kyanite 1.715 Onyx 1.486 Scapolite 1.540 Tourmaline, Green 1.610
Ammolite 1.520 Chrome Tourmaline 1.610 Euclase 1.652 Glass, Crown 1.520 Onyx Marble 1.486 Scapolite, Yellow 1.555 Tourmaline, Paraiba 1.610
Amorphous Selenium 2.920 Chrome Yellow 2.310 Eye, Aqueous humor 1.330 Glass, Crown, Zinc 1.517 L Materials Opal 1.450 Scheelite 1.920 Tourmaline, Red 1.610
Anatase 2.490 Chromium 2.970 Eye, Cornea 1.380 Glass, Flint, 29% lead 1.569 Labradorite 1.560 Opal, Black 1.440 Selenium, Amorphous 2.920 Tremolite 1.600
Andalusite 1.629 Chromium Oxide 2.705 Eye, Lens 1.410 Glass, Flint, 55% lead 1.669 Lapis Gem 1.500 Opal, Fire 1.430 Serpentine 1.560 Tugtupite 1.496
Anhydrite 1.571 Chrysoberyl 1.745 Eye, Vitreous humor 1.340 Glass, Flint, 71% lead 1.805 Lapis Lazuli 1.500 Opal, White 1.440 Shampoo 1.362 Turpentine 1.472
Apatite 1.420 Chrysocolla 1.500 Glass, Flint, Dense 1.660 Lazulite 1.615 Oregon Sunstone 1.560 Shell 1.530 Turquoise 1.610
Apophyllite 1.536 Chrysoprase 1.534 F Materials Glass, Flint, Heaviest 1.890 Lead 2.010 Oxygen (gas) 1.000 Shower gell 1.510
Aquamarine 1.567 Cinnabar (Mercury sulfide) 3.020 Fabulite 2.409 Glass, Flint, Heavy 1.655 Lead Nitrate 1.782 Oxygen (liquid) 1.221 Silicon 4.010 U Materials
Aragonite 1.530 Citrine 1.532 Feldspar, Adventurine 1.532 Glass, Flint, Lanthanum 1.800 Leucite 1.509 Sillimanite 1.658 Ulexite 1.490
Argon 1.000 Cleaner (all purpose - orange) 1.293 Feldspar, Albite 1.525 Glass, Flint, Light 1.580 Light Flint Glass 1.575 P Materials Silver 0.180 Uvarovite 1.870
Argonite 1.530 Clinohumite 1.625 Feldspar, Amazonite 1.525 Glass, Flint, Medium 1.627 Liquid Carbon Dioxide 1.200 Padparadja 1.760 Sinhalite 1.699
Asphalt 1.635 Clinozoisite 1.724 Feldspar, Labradorite 1.565 Glass, Fused Silica 1.459 Liquid Water (20deg C) 1.333 Painite 1.787 Smaragdite 1.608 V Materials
Augelite 1.574 Cobalt Blue 1.740 Feldspar, Microcline 1.525 Glass, Pyrex 1.474 Lucite 1.495 Pearl 1.530 Smithsonite 1.621 Vacuum 1.000
Axenite 1.674 Cobalt Green 1.970 Feldspar, Oligoclase 1.539 Glycerine 1.473 Periclase 1.740 Sodalite 1.483 Variscite 1.550
Axinite 1.675 Cobalt Violet 1.710 Feldspar, Orthoclase 1.525 Glycerol 1.473 M Materials Peristerite 1.525 Sodium Chloride 1.544 Vivianite 1.580
Azurite 1.730 Colemanite 1.586 Flint glass (impure) 1.523 Gold 0.470 Magnesite 1.515 PET 1.575 Spessarite 1.790 Vodka 1.363
Copper 1.100 Flint glass (pure) 1.600 Gypsium 1.519 Malachite 1.655 Petalite 1.502 Sphalerite 2.368
B Materials Copper Oxide 2.705 Flourite 1.433 Meerschaum 1.530 PETg 1.570 Sphene 1.885 W Materials
Barite 1.636 Coral 1.486 Fluoride 1.560 H Materials Mercury (liquid) 1.620 Phenakite 1.650 Spinel 1.712 Wardite 1.590
Barytocalcite 1.684 Cordierite 1.540 Fluorite 1.434 Hambergite 1.559 Methanol 1.329 Phosgenite 2.117 Spinel, Blue 1.712 Water (0deg C) 1.333
Beer 1.345 Corundum 1.766 Formica 1.470 Hauyn 1.490 Milk 1.350 Plastic 1.460 Spinel, Red 1.708 Water (100deg C) 1.318
Benitoite 1.757 Cranberry Juice (25%) 1.351 Fused Quartz 1.460 Hauynite 1.502 Moissanite 2.650 Platinum 2.330 Spodumene 1.650 Water (20deg C) 1.333
Benzene 1.501 Crocoite 2.310 Heaviest Flint Glass 1.890 Moldavite 1.500 Plexiglas 1.500 Star Ruby 1.760 Water (20deg C) 1.333
Beryl 1.570 Cromite 2.160 Heavy Flint Glass 1.650 Moonstone 1.518 PMMA 1.489 Staurolite 1.739 Water (gas) 1.000
Beryl, Red 1.570 Crown Glass 1.520 Helium 1.000 Moonstone, Adularia 1.525 Polycarbonate 1.584 Steatite 1.539 Water (35deg C) 1.325
Beryllonite 1.553 Crown glass (impure) 1.485 Hematite 2.940 Moonstone, Albite 1.535 Polystyrene 1.550 Steel 2.500 Water Ice 1.310
Borax 1.446 Crown glass (pure) 1.500 Hemimorphite 1.614 Morganite 1.585 Prase 1.540 Stichtite 1.520 Whisky 1.356
Brazilianite 1.603 Cryolite 1.338 Hiddenite 1.655 Mylar 1.650 Prasiolite 1.540 Strontium Titanate 2.410 Wulfenite 2.300
Bromine (liquid) 1.661 Crysoberyl, Catseye 1.746 Honey, 13% water content 1.504 Prehnite 1.610 Styrofoam 1.595
Bronze 1.180 Crystal 2.000 Honey, 17% water content 1.494 Proustite 2.790 Styrene 1.519 Z Materials
Brownite 1.567 Cubic zirconia 2.150 Honey, 21% water content 1.484 Purpurite 1.840 Sugar Solution 30% 1.380 Zinc Crown Glass 1.517
Cuprite 2.850 Howlite 1.586 Pyrite 1.810 Sugar Solution 80% 1.490 Zincite 2.010
Hydrogen (gas) 1.000 Pyrope 1.740 Sulphur 1.960 Zircon 1.777
Hydrogen (liquid) 1.097 Synthetic Spinel 1.730 Zircon, High 1.960
Hypersthene 1.670 Zircon, Low 1.800
Zirconia, Cubic 2.173