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Re:Fluorite lenses: Corrective capabilities beyond ordinary ... by dekhn on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @07:59PM (#39021624)
Glass has this too. it's why achromats and apochromats were developed (using rather clever ideas like pairing two different types of glass, which cancel each other's dispersions.

All the physical explanations I've seen invoke the EM equations and quantum mechanics to explain it (and I don't understand it well enough to translate).

Re:Fluorite lenses: Corrective capabilities beyond ordinary ... by aoeusnth1 on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @09:50PM (#39022625)
3Blue1Brown has a nice animated video about this: https://youtu.be/KTzGBJPuJwM?si=ssBPKL8LVhsQ3wNZ