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What is the breakage of a mineral not along planes of weakness in the crystal structure called?
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Dose malachite have a crystal structure?
Yes, the mineral malachite does have a crystal structure.
Can crystal melt?
Yeah, you can melt anything if you get it hot enough. Be sure not to confuse the terms crystal and mineral. A crystal is made of a mineral, the fact that it is a crystal, simply means that it's atoms are arranged in a periodical and static way, in the crystal structure. This structure falls apart as soon as the mineral melts, so a molten mineral can not be called a crystal.
Each piece of the mineral has the same crystal structure?
no not at all
What is a crystal system why is it useful to classify mineral crystals this way?
Knowing a mineral's crystal system helps researchers understand its atomic structure and physical qualities.
What is the 3 dimensional pattern that the particles of a mineral form?
The structure that a mineral forms is called a crystal.
What do scientist use to study the crystal structure of mineral?
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Is coal not a mineral because it has a crystal structure?
No. Coal is not a mineral for two reasons: it lacks a crystal structure and it is organic.
Dose malachite have a crystal structure?
Yes, the mineral malachite does have a crystal structure.
What is a physical characteristic determined by the arrangement of the atoms within the mineral?
A mineral crystal. Minerals form a crystalline structure.
Does each piece of mineral have the same the same crystal structure?
No. Each mineral has its own structure.
Why isn't oxygen a mineral?
A mineral by definition is a solid with a crystal structure.
Can crystal melt?
Yeah, you can melt anything if you get it hot enough. Be sure not to confuse the terms crystal and mineral. A crystal is made of a mineral, the fact that it is a crystal, simply means that it's atoms are arranged in a periodical and static way, in the crystal structure. This structure falls apart as soon as the mineral melts, so a molten mineral can not be called a crystal.
Do all minerals have have crystal structures?
By definition, a mineral must have a crystal structure.
A crystal structure is characteristic of what?
atomic packing arrangements of ions, atoms etc. A crystal structure is a characteristic of a mineral.
Is halite a crystal?
Halite is a mineral with a crystalline structure.
Can each piece of a mineral have the same crystal structure?
no
Can a mineral have the same crystal structure as another mineral?
Absolutely. For example, Galena and Halite.
