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Can any mineral be identified by the careful check of one physical characteristic?
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∙ 6y ago
Many rocks can be, but some would require other tests to aid in identification.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 9y agoMultiple attributes help geologists determine what sort of rock a particular sample is. The most notable are appearance, and color, reaction to different acids.
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∙ 11y agoyou can tell by looking in it and tell by the color that is in side of it. or you can ask someone that know allot about rocks
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∙ 9y agoDescribe how this rock sedimentary is formed
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∙ 6y agoNo, you cannot identify a mineral using only one characteristic. There are many that are the same color, for example, or the same hardness or with the same sort of streak.
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A mineral is a natural solid that usually is?
In organic, with characteristic physical properties
What is a physical characteristic determined by the arrangement of the atoms within the mineral?
A mineral crystal. Minerals form a crystalline structure.
What is the most unreliable characteristic of a mineral?
Color, due to the effects of impurities, is the least reliable identifying mineral characteristic.
Which of the following in not a main characteristic of a mineral?
man-made
What is mineral oil and what are its physical properties and its formula?
What is mineral oil and what are its physical properties and its formula
A mineral is a natural solid that usually is?
In organic, with characteristic physical properties
Why is the color or a mineral not a reliabe physical characteristic?
The same mineral can come in a variety of colors and different minerals can be the same color.
Is color the best physical characteristic for mineral identification?
Specimen color is the least reliable method of mineral identification. Better characteristics are streak, density, and crystal structure.
What is a physical characteristic determined by the arrangement of the atoms within the mineral?
A mineral crystal. Minerals form a crystalline structure.
What is a characteristic property of the mineral pyrite?
The characteristic property of the mineral pyrite is sand it is very shiny
What is the most unreliable characteristic of a mineral?
Color, due to the effects of impurities, is the least reliable identifying mineral characteristic.
What characteristic of a mineral?
rough, sharp
When another mineral scratches another mineral this is an example of what physical characteristic?
Hardness, which is measured by the Mohs Scale, which goes from 1, very soft, like talc, to 10, very hard, like diamond.
What is the characteristic of a mineral that is revealed by testing what substances can scratch it and what the mineral can scratch?
it is hardness
Which mineral is an ore of iron and has a characteristic of reddish brown streak?
The mineral is hematite.
Are man made diamonds a mineral?
According to Wikipedia's definition of mineral, no. "A mineral is a naturally occurring solid chemical substance formed through biogeochemical processes, having characteristic chemical composition, highly ordered atomic structure, and specific physical properties."
What is an accessory mineral?
An accessory mineral is a mineral present in small amounts in a rock, but not considered to be characteristic of the rock.
