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Rank	Topic	Wikipedia views
1	Refractive index	3,938
2	Birefringence	1,164
3	Wave plate	384
4	Pleochroism	211
5	Petrography	198
6	Petrographic microscope	139
7	Thin section	87
8	Optical mineralogy	63
9	Optic axis of a crystal	53
10	Conoscopic interference pattern	33
11	Extinction angle	25
12	Undulose extinction	22
13	Becke line test	16
14	Bird's eye maple (mineral property)	14
15	Interference colour chart	13
16	Optical relief	9

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• Mineralogy
• Optics

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