The metal Mercury is opaque and shiny. It's like a little mirror. It's also very heavy. I think per volume it's heavier than lead.
Mercury is greyish white. In fact Copper and Gold are the only metals that are not white/grey.
it is opaque
Yes, books are usually opaque. Opaque means to block the passage of radiant energy and especially light.
Opaque Materials, such as wood or steel, do not transmit light, accept in the case of a few Physicists, today, claiming that they have, in fact, transmitted light rays through different "holes" in different kinds of opaque materials.
Need not be opaque to other wavelength ranges. A thin metal sheet is opaque to visible light, but not to x-rays.
it is very shiny, slimy, opaque & can be easily obtained in a pure state.
mercury is opaque
It is Opaque
Fresh mercury surface is shiny.
yes
Luster describes how shiny or opaque a mineral is.
an opaque material that reflects light
hemotite (shiny, gray opaque stone)
As mercury has a low specific heat yet is a good conductor of heat it has been the choice for thermometers. The ease of reading is due to the fact that the mercury does not wet the walls of the glass.
Mercury is "Shiny", "Silver" and "Liquid". It is actually a metal which, at room temperature exists in a liquid state.
Mercury
If the pool of mercury is big enough, you can see your own face. The surface of mercury is shiny like a mirror.