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What are the seven characteristics used to identify minerals?
color streak cleavage fracture hardness transparency luster
Where on the transparency does cloning occur?
What transparency?
What is transparency of pyroxene?
Pyrites are a class of minerals. Some people call them "fool's gold" because they sometimes look similar to gold, but they are not gold. Pyrite crystals are not transparent. They are opaque.
What minerals react to an acid test?
Carbonate minerals generally display a fizzing or bubble producing reaction with acids.
What is the example of degree of transparency?
examples of degree of transparency
What is a minerals structure?
What is Nickel's transparency?????
What are the seven characteristics used to identify minerals?
color streak cleavage fracture hardness transparency luster
How can you identify unknown minerals?
you need to determine; hardness, color, transparency, and how they break. Those 4 combined will identify most minerals. There are other tests, but they get more complicated.
What test uses the Moho scale?
Hardness test for minerals
What does acid test tell you about mineral?
It distinguishes calciferous minerals from other minerals.
What test do mineralogist use to identify minerals?
streak test, hardness test, scratch test, color test
What purpose does geologists test rocks and minerals?
The purpose is to discover how the rocks and minerals were formed and what the rocks and minerals are made of.
What is the specific gravity luster transparency streak cleavage and fracture of barium?
These are all properties of minerals, and barium is an element which does not occur in a pure (native) form in the earth. Different minerals with barium as a constituent have various different properties.
What test is used to identify a minerals color?
A streak test is used to determine a minerals streak color. This can help in with the identification of minerals. A streak test is performed by rubbing the mineral on an unglazed ceraminc tile, then observing the color of the streak which is left behind. All minerals do not leave streaks. Harder minerals will not streak, but this can also be used as a tool for identifying the mineral, if you are familiar with the hardness scale.
Is tungsten transparency?
It has no transparency
Which test is used to show the color of minerals found in certain rocks?
streak test
What is a minerals ability to reflect light a test for?
luster
