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What is the plural of corundum?
Corundum.
Which crystal system does corundum have?
Corundum is in the trigonal crystal system.
What are facts about the mineral corundum?
Pure corundum is clear in color.
What is the only mineral that can scratch corundum?
Diamond is the hardest mineral and is the only one that can scratch corundum. but in my opinion corundum will scratch corundum any mineral of the same hardness will scratch the other !
Is corundum a compound containing potassium?
Corundum is only aluminium oxide - Al2O3.
Which is more strong diamond or carborandom?
Diamond, with a hardness rating of 10 on the Mohs scale, is harder than corundum (ruby and sapphire), which has a hardness rating of 9. However, diamond has perfect cleavage while corundum has no cleavage. So an answer to the original question would depend on the meaning of "strong."
What is the plural of corundum?
Corundum.
Why is corundum magnetic?
Corundum is not magnetic.
Is corundum hexagonal or cubic?
Corundum ( (Al_2O_3) ) is hexagonal in crystal structure.
What important uses does corundum have?
Corundum is used for jewlery
What do you call a red corundum?
Red corundum is called ruby.
What is the chemical name for corundum?
Corundum is aluminium oxide, Al2O3.
Which crystal system does corundum have?
Corundum is in the trigonal crystal system.
What are facts about the mineral corundum?
Pure corundum is clear in color.
One way to test a mineral is to break it and see how many directions of what it has?
cleavage....
What is the only mineral that can scratch corundum?
Diamond is the hardest mineral and is the only one that can scratch corundum. but in my opinion corundum will scratch corundum any mineral of the same hardness will scratch the other !
What do they call red corundum?
Red corundum is called ruby.
