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What is bauxite luster?
Bauxite is a rock composed mainly of aluminum oxide and aluminum hydroxide minerals. The rocks also contain clay, silt, and silica. Bauxite has a dull, earthy tone luster.
What is a short definition for luster?
Luster is a characteristic of a mineral crystal, referring to the way it reflects light. Lusters include adamantine, glassy, dull, earthy, metallic, and waxy.
What is the luster of a tuff rock?
earthy
Do andesite have an earthy luster?
yes
What does dull luster mean?
In geology, dull luster means little to no luster is exhibited by a mineral. This is due to coarse granulations which scatter the light in all directions.
What is the luster of the mineral Bauxite?
dull to earthy
What is bauxite luster?
Bauxite is a rock composed mainly of aluminum oxide and aluminum hydroxide minerals. The rocks also contain clay, silt, and silica. Bauxite has a dull, earthy tone luster.
What is a short definition for luster?
Luster is a characteristic of a mineral crystal, referring to the way it reflects light. Lusters include adamantine, glassy, dull, earthy, metallic, and waxy.
What is the luster of a tuff rock?
earthy
Do andesite have an earthy luster?
yes
What are characteristics of luster?
Luster is: "The reflection of light from the surface of a mineral, described by its quality and intensity; the appearance of a mineral in reflected light." Common descriptive words would be glassy, dull, earthy, waxy, vitreous, metallic, etc...
Does andesite have an earthy luster?
yes I think
What is dull luster?
dull luster looks somewhat metallic, but it isn't quite as reflective.
What is coals luster?
the luster is dull or some metallic.
What is boron's luster?
it is dull
Is boron luster?
it is dull
What is luster of granite?
Granite has a very dull luster when unpolished.
