This sounds like a physical separation question where the student receives a beaker of sand and salt or sand and sugar and is asked to separate the two substances. The technique is to filter the mixture with water. The sand stays in the funnel, but the salt or sugar crystals dissolve in the water and are pulled through to the flask below.
If you need to separate the salt or sugar from the water used for filtration, use a hotplate and evaporation dish to boil away the water.
This sounds like a physical separation question where there is a solution in which a crystalline precipitate has formed. The two techniques to separate the precipitate from the solution are filtration and evaporation.
The crystalline substances that are found naturally in the earth are known as minerals. There are literally hundreds of minerals on Earth that are used in everything from industrial purposes to consumption.
Table salt (sodium chloride), sugar (sucrose), and quartz are examples of crystalline substances commonly found in everyday life.
Crystalline substances have a regular, repeating pattern of particles, giving them a solid structure with flat surfaces and sharp edges. This unique arrangement allows light to reflect off the surfaces, giving them a shiny and sparkly appearance. Examples of crystalline substances include salt, sugar, and quartz.
This question is based on a false premise. Many crystalline substances are transparent, for example ice, quarts (in puure form, without falts etc.). Non transparent or translucant crystaline substances are probably so because of the way the crystal structure effects light entering the substance.
Diamond is pure, crystalline Carbon. It is one of the hardest natural substances known, and attributes it's hardness to an isometric octahedra crystalline structure which is very rigid and tough.
Pyrite and amethyst
A white crystalline compound could be a wide range of substances, such as salt (sodium chloride), sugar (sucrose), or aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid). More specific information is needed to identify the compound accurately.
Caffeine is a bitter, white crystalline flaky solid in the purified form.
You might be thinking of hydrated salts. Examples include hydrated Copper Sulfate (CuSO4 . 5H2O)
A function of the skin which helps to remove substances from the body is called perspiration, or sweat.
Minerals are the components in the Earth that combine to form rocks. Minerals are inorganic naturally occurring substances, have a definite range of chemical composition, are solids, and have a crystalline structure.Minerals are solid, inorganic substances made from a combination of chemical elements.a solid, naturally occurring inorganic substance.