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What is the method used to determine the crystal system of a mineral?
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What mineral has an isometric crystal shape?
Diamond is one mineral in the isometric crystal system.
Is crystal systems a part of the 7 properties of a mineral?
Yes, the crystal system a mineral belongs to is a property of a mineral.
What The crystal system a mineral belongs to relates most to the mineral's?
its defitantley not mass
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 a mineral with the same crystal system as salt?
Fluorite belongs to the same crystal system as salt - the cubic (also known as the isometric) crystal system.
Name a mineral in the triclinic crystal system?
feldspar
What is the crystal structure for Peridot?
Peridot (gem quality olivine (the mineral)) is in the orthorhombic crystal system.
What is the streak luster hardness and crystal system of petroleum?
Petroleum is not a mineral and does not possess these characteristics.
What mineral property is determined by the number and angle of crystal faces?
I believe the answer would be the crystal system, but the crystal system is based on the angles and length of the axis of the crystal. The axis length and the angle at which they meet would affact the number and angle of the crystal faces.
List three physical characteristics of a mineral that are influenced by its crystal line structure?
Hardness, melting point, and crystal system (geometric classification).
What is an example of a mineral in the triclinic crystal system?
plagioclase, microcline, rhodonite, turquoise, wollastonite, amblygonite, and many more.
What make diamonds hard?
The structure of the carbon atoms make diamonds hard, the hardest natural mineral. Their crystal habit is octahedral and their crystal system is isometric-hexoctahedral.
