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A hard colorful mineral that has a brilliant or glassy luster is a?
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∙ 14y ago
Corundum is one possibility, at 9 on the Moh's Scale, sometimes in brilliant shades of red, blue, and other colors, which can have high luster.
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What is the luster of orthoclase?
Depending on the variety, feldspars can range from adamantine to glassy in luster.
Silky greasy glassy and pearly refer to a mineral's .?
These words indicate the luster of a mineral.
What are three types of mineral luster?
Glassy luster, Metallic luster and Waxy luster.
Is luster a metallic element?
No. Lustre (or luster) is a description of a mineral's appearance by the way it reflects light. Glassy, metallic, adamantine, and waxy are some examples of words that may be used to describe a mineral's luster.
What is a short definition for luster?
Luster is a characteristic of a mineral crystal, referring to the way it reflects light. Lusters include adamantine, glassy, dull, earthy, metallic, and waxy.
What is a hard colorful mineral that a brilliant or glassy luster?
a gemstone
What is a hard colorful mineral that has a brilliant or glassy luster?
Glass that sat out in the southern. Nevada sun a little too long.
What is the mineral with glassy luster often clean or milky white?
The mineral with glassy luster, and milky white is Quartz
A hard colorful mineral with a brilliant luster or color?
Could be diamond, ruby, emerald, tourmaline.
What is the luster of orthoclase?
Depending on the variety, feldspars can range from adamantine to glassy in luster.
Silky greasy glassy and pearly refer to a mineral's .?
These words indicate the luster of a mineral.
What is a polished mineral with a glassy luster called?
a rock
What are three types of mineral luster?
Glassy luster, Metallic luster and Waxy luster.
What is limestones luster?
Limestone does not have a luster. It's main constituent, the mineral calcite, has a vitreous or glassy luster.
What do the term that describes how a mineral reflects light from its surface?
This is called the luster of the mineral.The luster of a mineral is the way its surface reflects light. Most terms used to describe luster are self-explanatory: metallic, earthy, waxy, greasy, vitreous (glassy), adamantine (or brilliant, as in a faceted diamond).
A Mineral with glassy luster often clear or milky white?
Quartz
What is the light reflected from a minerals surface called?
This is called the luster of the mineral.The luster of a mineral is the way its surface reflects light. Most terms used to describe luster are self-explanatory: metallic, earthy, waxy, greasy, vitreous (glassy), adamantine (or brilliant, as in a faceted diamond).
