White color streak and 5.5 MOH number
Chert has no streak, it is too hard.
The streak color of a crystal is also called the powder color: the color of the grains produced when it is dragged along a hard flat, white surface.
Magnetite
The streak is the mineral in a powdered form from abrasion with the hard, slightly textured surface of an unglazed porcelain streak plate. The streak color may differ from the color observed in a specimen. Coloration of mineral specimens is sometimes due to impurities. In a powdered form, the impurities are not abundant enough to cause coloration in the streak, thus revealing the true color of the mineral. == ==
The color of the powder left on the rough surface by a mineral is called its streak. The streak plate is a hard surface that helps to determine the different shades and characteristics of the minerals that is rubbed on it.
Chert has no streak, it is too hard.
Chert has no streak, it is too hard.
The streak color of a crystal is also called the powder color: the color of the grains produced when it is dragged along a hard flat, white surface.
The color the mineral makes on a hard surface
The color the mineral makes on a hard surface
Because some minerals have the same color streak, don't have a streak, or the streak is hard to see
Streak color is determined by scraping the mineral across a a streak plate, (which is made of unglazed porcelain), and then observing the color of the streak, which is left on the plate. Note that some minerals do not leave a streak, as they are too hard. Thus, it is important to learn other identification methods, to use in conjunction with streak color, in order to identify minerals.
Magnetite
Magnetite
Streak is the color it makes when two minerals scratch against each other. Hardness is just how hard the mineral is
The streak of a mineral refers to the color left on a streak plate after rubbing a mineral across its surface. A streak plate can be as simple as the unglazed side of a porcelain tile. The streak is the mineral in a powdered form from abrasion with the hard, slightly textured surface of the unglazed porcelain streak plate. The streak color may differ from the color observed in a specimen. Coloration of mineral specimens is sometimes due to impurities. In a powdered form, the impurities are not abundant enough to cause coloration in the streak, thus revealing the true color of the mineral. The streak is used as an aid in the identification of a mineral.a streak mark on a flat surface
The streak of a mineral refers to the color left on a streak plate after rubbing a mineral across its surface. A streak plate can be as simple as the unglazed side of a porcelain tile. The streak is the mineral in a powdered form from abrasion with the hard, slightly textured surface of the unglazed porcelain streak plate. The streak color may differ from the color observed in a specimen. Coloration of mineral specimens is sometimes due to impurities. In a powdered form, the impurities are not abundant enough to cause coloration in the streak, thus revealing the true color of the mineral. The streak is used as an aid in the identification of a mineral.a streak mark on a flat surface