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What is the streak luster hardness and crystal system of petroleum?
Petroleum is not a mineral and does not possess these characteristics.
Is crystal shape a physical property?
Yes it is, along with color, streak, luster, density, and hardness.
What type of crystal breaks apart into irregular shape?
The arrangement of particles in a mineral and the kind of bonds holding them together determine properties such as crystal shape, hardness, and the way the crystal breaks apart.
Can corundum scratch topaz?
Yes. Corundum will scratch topaz and every other mineral with a hardness of 9 or lower on the Mohs hardness scale.
What are quartz mineral samples identified by?
Quartz can be identified by: 1. Luster: nonmetallic 2. Hardness: 7 3. Streak: white 4. Color: usually colorless, white or gray but can be varieties of all colors 5. Cleavage: none 6. Crystal habit: hexagonal prisms and pyramids 7. Specific Gravity: 2.6-2.7
How do you account the differences in hardness of the crystal?
nothing
How do you identify a mineral or crystal?
You can use hardness(Moh's Hardness Scale), luster, shape, and fracture to identify quartz.
What is the hardness of a conundrum?
The hardness of conundrum is 9 on the Moh's hardness scale
Can you cut crystal with a knife?
There are many different materials which can be described as crystal, and they do not all have the same hardness, but in general, no, you cannot cut crystal with a knife.
Which mineral property depends on bond type and the spacing of atoms within the crystal?
The hardness, density, and crystal structure.
What is the hardness of the ruby?
Ruby, a variety of the mineral corundum, has a hardness of 9 on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness.
What property of a mineral being able to scratch another substance is known as color hardness crystal shape luster?
The property is hardness.
What will if you rub a mineral with the hardness of 3 with a mineral with a hardness of 9?
The mineral with hardness 3 will get scratched.
What are the 5 characteristics for a mineral?
1.Color 2.Luster 3.Crystal Shape 4.Flourscent 5.Hardness 6.Density
Which characteristic is used to identify minerals?
You can test its hardness on other minerals to find it hardness. It can help classify it better.
A mineral's crystal shape and cleavage are a direct result of the mineral's...?
Atomic arrangement.
Analyze the emarld based upon color luster crystal shape and hardness?
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