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hardness, luster, cleavage and fracture, color (not quite useful) and streak
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∙ 13y agoWould it be their physical and chemical properties.
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∙ 15y agoPurely a guess: its site of origin.
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∙ 13y agoHardness
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Which property would be most useful in identifying the unknown rock?
mineral content
Students want to identify a rock in a nearby field. Which of the following properties would be most useful in identifying the unknown rock?
Mineral content
What is Pennsylvania's most important mineral?
Pennsylvania's most important mineral is coal. Second is oil.
What is calcium nickname?
The bone mineral. The most abundant mineral in the body
What are the most common type of liquid minerals?
A mineral is substance that is formed naturally in the Earth. The most common types of mineral are Quartz and Feldspar. A mineral that is in liquid or gas form is not a mineral until it becomes a solid.
What is the most unreliable characteristic of a mineral?
Color, due to the effects of impurities, is the least reliable identifying mineral characteristic.
What test is most reliable for identifying pyrite and gold?
Mineralogists often use the physical properties of minerals to identify them. The most reliable test in order to identify a mineral is the test for hardness.
Is the most reliable way to identify a mineral by using a combination of test?
what is the most reliable way to identify a mineral?
Is a minerals streak more reliable than color in identifying a mineral?
While Minerals may share apparent colours, most do not share both colour and hardness, as well as the fact that the colour can be more accurately identified from the mineral's powder.
Which property would be most useful in identifying the unknown rock?
mineral content
What tests is the most reliable means of identifying a mineral?
C. density. Just googling the questions again? You should pay more attention in class, or just read the book you're getting these questions from for once...
What is the most reliable physical property that can be used to identify a mineral?
HARDNESS
What is most reliable way to identify mineral?
Take a slate and slide the mineral/rock on it to find its true color and its streak.
Why isn't color the most reliable method of minerl identification?
A mineral specimen's color can be affected by radiation or impurities. A better method would be to use the mineral's streak, the color of the mineral in powdered form.
Students want to identify a rock in a nearby field. Which of the following properties would be most useful in identifying the unknown rock?
Mineral content
Explain why color is not a good test dor distinguishing between pyrite and gold what test is most reliable dor identifying these two minerals?
Because they look alike
What mineral property is the least useful property?
The least effective property used to identify most minerals would be the color. The color of a mineral can be altered by impurities.
