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Hardness is the ability of a mineral to resist being scratched. A diamond is the hardest mineral--which means that no other mineral can scratch it.
Beulah Skiles
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How hardness defined when identifying minerals?
Hardness is the ability of a mineral to resist being scratched. A diamond is the hardest mineral--which means that no other mineral can scratch it.
What is another property in identifying a mineral?
The properties in identifying minerals are color,luster,hardness,cleavage and fracture,and streak.
What is the streak of sandstone and the hardness?
Streak and Mohs hardness are descriptive and identifying terms for minerals. Because sandstone could be composed of a multitude of different rock particles or minerals, a specific hardness or streak cannot be attributed to them.
Why isn't luster a good property to identify minerals?
Luster is not a good property for identifying minerals because many minerals look similar. Your best way of knowing which mineral is which is by measuring their hardness.
If a mineral has no streak is it metallic?
When identifying minerals, having no streak is a property of hardness. A streak plate has a hardness of ~7(Moh's Scale). Thus any mineral having a hardness greater than 7 will have no streak.Metallic is the description of luster. Or the general appearance of a mineral surface in reflected light.If you were refering to the mineral having metal elements in it, streak is actually very useful for identifying them. Many minerals that are composed of non-metals have a white streak which can appear to be no streak, however there are also many minerals with no streak which are composed of non-metallic minerals (Diamond).
Magnetism reactivity and fluorescence are three special properties used to identify minerals?
yes it is part of identifying minerals. some are also color, streak, luster, density, hardness, etc. hope this helped!
What are facts for hardness?
hardness define minerals
Why do you need to know hardness and streak to identify minerals?
Any identifying characteristics help when you are dealing with an unknown mineral. You have to use all of the clues at your disposal to make a proper identification. Streak and hardness are 2 important tests.
What scale is used to rank the hardness or softness of minerals?
The Mohs Scale of Hardness determines the hardness of minerals by scratching them with commonly found objects. The minerals are assigned a number which corresponds to their hardness; higher numbers indicate higher hardness.
Which mineral property is better for identifying a mineral Magnetism or hardness?
Hardness is better.
What does the Mohs hardness scale determine?
The hardness of MINERALS.
What property of minerals is classified by the Mohs scale?
Relative hardness is the property of minerals that uses the Mohs scale for classification.
