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Is the way a mineral splits or breaks apart enough to enable you to identify it?
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The cleavage of a mineral is the characteristic manner in which it splits along crystallographic structural lines or planes. Cleavage alone is not sufficient to be able to identify a given mineral, but it is a solid clue which, when combined with a few other characteristics, will allow an investigator to identify a mineral. The notation of cleavage will eliminate some minerals and lead the way to being able to categorize a given mineral as something else. A link can be found below.
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What is a mineral that contain enough of a useful substance that it can be mined at a profit?
Gold!
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If there isn't enough energy in the atom the molecules start bumping into each other and there's enough energy then the chemical bond breaks. hope this helps :)
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A diamond is the hardest mineral on earth and your finger nail would break in half before you got enough pressure on a diamond to put a crack in it. Much less break it.
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The temperature at which intermolecular forces push the molecules apart
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Why isn't just determining if a mineral has cleavage enough to identify a mineral?
Because many minerals exhibit cleavage.
What is a mineral that has a colorless chunk that breaks apart into cubes it has no luster and is soft enough to be scratched by fluorite?
Halite, a colorless chunk that breaks apart into cubes and has no luster and is soft enough to be scratched fluorite, and when it gets wet it starts to dissolve. Did that help you?
Is color alone is notice usually enough to identify mineral?
No. Color is generally considered the least reliable indicator of mineral type. Many minerals can have the same or similar colors, and a single mineral often has several color varieties.
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An element
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gold
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gold
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What is it called when a mineral deposits large enough and pure enough to be mined called?
Ore
Which mineral is hard enough to scratch calcite but not hard enough to scratch amphibole?
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