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What is the least reliable physical property for mineral identification?
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Color
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How reliable is color when determining what a mineral is?
Color is the least reliable of a mineral's characteristics used in its identification.
A diamond is the hardest natural substance is this a physical or chemical property?
Diamond is the hardest known mineral, which is a physical property of the mineral.
What is the least reliable property to use to identify a mineral?
color!!
For a given mineral the physical property which displays the greatest variation is?
Color
Which physical property would be best to use to distinguish hematite from the other mineral?
Streak
What is the least reliable mineral identification property?
Color.
What is the most reliable physical property that can be used to identify a mineral?
HARDNESS
Is color the best physical characteristic for mineral identification?
Specimen color is the least reliable method of mineral identification. Better characteristics are streak, density, and crystal structure.
How reliable is color when determining what a mineral is?
Color is the least reliable of a mineral's characteristics used in its identification.
Is fluorescence a reliable mineral?
Fluorescence is a property not a mineral.
Which mineral property is the least reliable for identifying a mineral?
the color is the least reliable source!
Is fluorescence a reliable mineral property?
Yes
Why is the streak a more reliable property than color in mineral identification?
The streak, or color of a mineral's powder, represents the true color of a mineral without the effects observed in a hand specimen due to impurities, inclusions or differences in light reflection.
Why is a streak a more reliable property than a color in mineral identification?
The streak, or color of a mineral's powder, represents the true color of a mineral without the effects observed in a hand specimen due to impurities, inclusions or differences in light reflection.
What mineral properties cannot be used to identify a mineral?
The color, luster, and crystal shape of a mineral may be observed just by looking at the mineral. Some minerals have very distinctive colors that help identify them. Although the color of a mineral can give away its identity, color is the least useful property for mineral identification.
Which property is more realiable in mineral Identification Color or streak?
streak
A diamond is the hardest natural substance is this a physical or chemical property?
Diamond is the hardest known mineral, which is a physical property of the mineral.
