ʻO nā momi aniani ʻālohilohi alanui he ʻano ʻāpana aniani maikaʻi i hana ʻia e ka hana hou ʻana i ke aniani ma ke ʻano he mea maka, i kuʻi ʻia a hoʻoheheʻe ʻia i ka mahana kiʻekiʻe e ke kinoea kūlohelohe, kahi i ʻike ʻia he poepoe kala ʻole a moakaka ma lalo o ka microscope. ʻO kona helu kuhikuhi refractive ma waena o 1.50 a me 1.64, a ʻo kona anawaena ma waena o 100 microns a me 1000 microns. Loaʻa i nā momi aniani nā ʻano o ke ʻano poepoe, nā ʻāpana maikaʻi, ke ʻano like, ka moakaka a me ke kūpaʻa ʻana i ka ʻaʻahu.
ʻO nā momi aniani ʻālohilohi alanui e like me ka māka alanui (pena) i loko o ka mea ʻālohilohi, hiki ke hoʻomaikaʻi i ka hana retro-reflective o ka pena māka alanui, hoʻomaikaʻi i ka palekana o ka hoʻokele pō, ua ʻike ʻia no nā keʻena halihali aupuni. Ke hoʻokele nei kahi kaʻa i ka pō, ʻālohilohi nā kukui mua ma ka laina māka alanui me nā momi aniani, i hiki ai ke hoʻihoʻi ʻia ke kukui mai nā kukui mua ma ke ʻano like, a laila e hiki ai i ka mea hoʻokele ke ʻike i ke kuhikuhi o ka holomua a hoʻomaikaʻi i ka palekana o ka hoʻokele pō. I kēia mau lā, ua lilo nā momi aniani ʻālohilohi i mea ʻālohilohi hiki ʻole ke hoʻololi ʻia i nā huahana palekana alanui.
ʻAno: maʻemaʻe, ʻaʻohe kala a moakāka, ʻālohilohi a poepoe, me ka ʻike ʻole ʻia o nā pehu a me nā haumia.
Pōʻai: ≥85%
Ka nui o ke kaumaha: 2.4-2.6g/cm3
ʻIkepili refractive: Nd≥1.50
ʻAno: aniani soda lime, ʻike SiO2 > 68%
Ka nui o ka nui: 1.6g/cm3