bireflectance
bireflectance In reflected-light or ore microscopy, the ability of a mineral to reflect different quantities of plane-polarized light in different orientations on rotation of the stage. This property is often related to reflection pleochroism and is diagnostic of some minerals, e.g. covellite.
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