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Lead has a metallic luster and is white in color. Aluminum, copper all also have metallic luster. Minerals do not have any metallic luster.
Mica has a non-metallic luster, one called vitreous or glass-like.
Luster = how much the mineral reflects light, so yes, all would have luster, but some are metallic and some are non-metallic
Halite is non-metallic. You can tell because any mineral that you can partially see through it is non-metallic . . . metallic are only minerals that look like metal.
Pumice is nonmetallic.
Metallic minerals are minerals that have a metallic luster, making them very shiny. A few metallic minerals are Graphite, Galena, Magnetite, and Pyrite. The mineral Hematite can be metallic or nonmetallic
No. It has a nonmetallic luster.
The two types of luster are metallic and nonmetallic. There is a an intermediate category known as sub-metallic. Some minerals even look like plastic.
hematite can have both metallic and nonmetallic luster.
luster
Yes, all minerals have a luster which helps people to identify them. Brass has a metallic luster which means that it reflects light just like metallic objects that you might find around your house. Most minerals have a nonmetallic luster. Other types of luster include: waxy, pearly, satiny, and earthy.
Calcite is a compound and therefore cannot be classified as a metal or nonmetal.
luster
Metallic, sub metallic, and nonmetallic are properties of the mineral luster.
The Luster of a mineral is it's appearance in the light. Also there are two types of Luster, metallic and nonmetallic.
Lead has a metallic luster and is white in color. Aluminum, copper all also have metallic luster. Minerals do not have any metallic luster.
I'm pretty sure it's metallic but I might be wrong