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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.
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Is crystal shape a physical property?
Yes it is, along with color, streak, luster, density, and hardness.
What is the the streak color of calcite?
The streak color of calcite is white.
What is the difference between color and streak in minerals?
Color is the observable color of a mineral specimen in natural light. Streak is the color of a mineral when powdered. The color of a specific mineral specimen may be different than its streak color. Because many impurities can alter the color of a mineral, but not the streak, streak is a more accurate predictor in mineral identification.
What is the color streak for aquamarine?
The streak color of Aquamarine is colorless. And your welcome!! : )
What color is the streak of biotite?
biotite has a colorless streak
The most useful physical properties for identifying minerals are?
either color, cleavage, and crystal form or crystal form, cleavage, and streak
Is crystal shape a physical property?
Yes it is, along with color, streak, luster, density, and hardness.
What is the name of the mark a mineral makes?
Streak. The 6 properties of minerals are streak, hardness, crystal form, color, cleavage/fracture, and luster. Hope that can answer your question:)
Is it true that a streak is the texture of a thin layer of the powdered mineral?
No. Streak refers to the color of a powdered mineral. The texture is in reference to a rock's crystal size or orientation.
What you find when scratch a mineral over an unglazed tile?
What you are referring to is called a streak test. It's used as an aid to mineral identification. As a mineral is drawn over the unglazed tile surface, it is reduced to a streak of dust which reveals the true color of the mineral. If no color is revealed, the streak color is called white. An amethyst crystal which appears purplish will actually have a white streak, because the streak color of the constituent quartz is white. The purplish color of amethyst is due to other reasons.
What mineral property if you testing if you scratch a mineral on ceramic tile?
You're testing it's hardness.
Is crystal of a mineral the color of the powder produced when its dragged across hard or rough surfaces?
No, that is called the streak of a mineral.
What are ways to identify igneous rocks?
You can use the characteristics(color, luster, streak, hardness, cleavage, fracture, and crystal).
What is the color of a minerals powder called?
there is no name for the color, but there is the "streak" of a mineral, meaning the color of its streak.
What is bauxite streak?
A streak that has color or no color.
What are the 5 characteristics for a mineral?
1.Color 2.Luster 3.Crystal Shape 4.Flourscent 5.Hardness 6.Density
Is color the best physical characteristic for mineral identification?
Specimen color is the least reliable method of mineral identification. Better characteristics are streak, density, and crystal structure.
