There are over four thousand different minerals. There are some major groups of minerals, which include groups such as oxides, silicates, carbonates, phosphates, borates, halides, sulfides, and native elements.
7 different of mineral
Yes, all different samples of that mineral will have the same cleavage.
Yes, all different samples of that mineral will have the same cleavage.
Different minerals have different colors, actually.
Yes each different mineral will have a unique set of physical properties.
Each vitamin and mineral is different.
No. A rock is an assemblage of at least two different minerals. One mineral can't be two or more minerals.
The small amounts of different elements in a mineral can change its color, hardness, and other physical properties.
By scraping the mineral against a piece of tile. The color of the mineral is actually sometimes completely different than the streak.
Jade is a mineral composed of two different minerals, jadeite and nephrite. It is not considered a rock because it is not made up of a combination of different minerals like rocks are.
new mineral with a different crystalline structure.
A mineral is a naturally occuring chemical compound. A mineral is different from a rock/boulder which can be an aggregate of minerals, or non minerals and does not have a specific chemical composition as a mineral does