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they all could be different colors it just depends on the texture of them
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What is the difference between color and streak in minerals?
Color is the observable color of a mineral specimen in natural light. Streak is the color of a mineral when powdered. The color of a specific mineral specimen may be different than its streak color. Because many impurities can alter the color of a mineral, but not the streak, streak is a more accurate predictor in mineral identification.
How reliable is color when determining what a mineral is?
Color is the least reliable of a mineral's characteristics used in its identification.
What is the least reliable physical property for mineral identification?
Color
What is the powdered form of a mineral?
The powder indicates the true color of the mineral and is an aid in mineral identification. That can also be called a streak.
Give three reasons why it is difficult to identify a mineral by its color alone?
A mineral's color may be influenced by inclusions of other elements or minerals, or even exposure to heat, light, and radiation. A more reliable identification based on color would be the streak, or color of the powdered mineral.
What is the difference between color and streak in minerals?
Color is the observable color of a mineral specimen in natural light. Streak is the color of a mineral when powdered. The color of a specific mineral specimen may be different than its streak color. Because many impurities can alter the color of a mineral, but not the streak, streak is a more accurate predictor in mineral identification.
How reliable is color when determining what a mineral is?
Color is the least reliable of a mineral's characteristics used in its identification.
What is the powdered form of the mineral?
The powder indicates the true color of the mineral and is an aid in mineral identification. That can also be called a streak.
What is the least reliable mineral identification property?
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 the least reliable physical property for mineral identification?
Color
What is the color of a mineral in powdered form know as?
The powder indicates the true color of the mineral and mineral identification. That is also known as streak.
Which mineral properties are most useful for identification?
Hardness and streak color are very important. The color of the mineral helps some, as well.
Why are other mineral properties less useful for identification?
because it is not the color that matters but the jedbots that matters.
Why can't color alone be use to identify most minerals?
Many minerals have similar color, and mineral color can be altered by trace amounts of impurities or by weathering. A better indicator would be the mineral's streak, which is the color of the mineral when powdered, although this characteristic can't be used alone in mineral identification.
Which property is more realiable in mineral Identification Color or streak?
streak
What is an identification test for minerals that is not generally a reliable test?
Believe it or not color is the least reliable identification method for a mineral. While it can be very helpful when used along with other types of identification tests, color alone proves nearly useless. This is because several different minerals can have the same color or one mineral can be several different colors. Generally this is due to the varying chemical compositions a single mineral can take on. For example, iron, depending on its oxidation state, can cause the same mineral to be several different colors, leaving the examiner with a large list of possibilities. Also, in another example, there are hundreds of minerals that are known to be green so again the possibilities are endless.
