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The answer is: small amounts of different elements
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∙ 10y agosmall amounts of diffrent elements can give the same mineral diffrent colors.
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∙ 6y agoBesides air and water, there are several things that can change the color of a mineral. Impurities, age, the sun, heat, and pressure can change the color of a mineral.
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∙ 15y agoExposure to heat, light, or radiation could alter the appearance of a mineral specimen.
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∙ 12y agoImpurities, heat, and radioactivity.
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∙ 13y agoImpurities, heat, and radioactivity.
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∙ 10y agoImpurities such as transition metals
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Beause many minerals are similar in color and certain elements may change color color is not a Identifier?
Color is not a good identifier of minerals.
Why is a minerals color not helpful for identifying minerals?
Because some minerals have either multiple colors or their color may have faded away over the years
How are minerals relaed to rocks?
How minerals can form some rocks, the color, and texture
Can minerals in a rock change the way they look?
Yes, because minerals have a certain texture, color and streak color. Minerals also have some luster in them. Therefore, they could change anything about the rock.
Why is the color of the mineral not a reliable test for the identity of the minerals?
Because many different minerals may look the same, Like quartz and diamond, they are the same color, clear, but are very different minerals.
How Does chemical composition affect the color of igneous rock?
The chemical composition of the rock affects the color of an igneous rockbecause some minerals like quartz change color becasue of t's own
Explain how the silica content of molten materials affects the color of igneous rocks?
The majority of minerals associated with igneous rocks are silicates. It is the proportion of certain silicate minerals that affects the color of igneous rocks. Igneous rocks that are high in orthoclase feldspar, quartz, and muscovite mica will be lighter in color than igneous rocks that are higher in olivine, pyroxene, amphibole, and biotite mica.
What minerals determine the color of granite?
The color and type of feldspar minerals largely determine the color of a particular granite.
Beause many minerals are similar in color and certain elements may change color color is not a Identifier?
Color is not a good identifier of minerals.
What is the color for minerals?
Minerals come in all colours.
How does silica from molten material affect the color of igneous rock?
The majority of minerals associated with igneous rocks are silicates. It is the proportion of certain silicate minerals that affects the color of igneous rocks. Igneous rocks that are high in orthoclase feldspar, quartz, and muscovite mica will be lighter in color than igneous rocks that are higher in olivine, pyroxene, amphibole, and biotite mica.
How do rocks compared in color?
A rock's color is dependent on the minerals present and quantity of those minerals.
Why is color least useful in the id of minerals?
Because many of the minerals share the same color.
Can most minerals be identified by color alone?
no, because many of the same minerals have the same color
How does the temperature affects colors?
it is a warm color, therefore it affects warm temperature. it is a warm color, therefore it affects warm temperature.
Why is color often an unreliable property in identifying minerals?
because many minerals are the same color, and some minerals come in many colors
What minerals make up the color orange?
the colors are red minerals and yellow minerals
