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What is the Color of a mineral when crushed to a powder?
Different minerals have different colors, actually.
The property of a mineral that shows the color or powder is called?
The term for this that I've always heard is "streak".
Which mineral properties are most useful for identification?
Hardness and streak color are very important. The color of the mineral helps some, as well.
What are four characteristics of mineral which can be used to identify it?
Color, streak color, hardness, cleavage, and chemical.
What can you rub a mineral on to leave a clue what the mineral?
A streak plate, or unglazed white porcelain tile, is used to perform streak tests which can help to identify minerals. Rubbing the mineral on the streak plate will finely powder it and reveal the color of the powder, which in some cases is quite different from the color of the mineral. Eg: hematite is black but has a red streak - a good way to tell you have hematite instead of one of the many other shiny black minerals.
What color streak does the mineral silica produce?
black/silver
What is the color of a mineral's powder?
It's called the minerals streak
What mineral has metalic luster silver color black streak and contains iron?
Magnetite.Has metallic luster, silver color, black streak, and contains (Fe) Iron.
The color of a mineral powder is its?
The streak of the mineral is the mineral's powder color
What is the difference between color and streak in minerals?
Color is the observable color of a mineral specimen in natural light. Streak is the color of a mineral when powdered. The color of a specific mineral specimen may be different than its streak color. Because many impurities can alter the color of a mineral, but not the streak, streak is a more accurate predictor in mineral identification.
How do you determine a mineral’s streak?
The color of a mineral in powdered form is called the mineral's Streak
What color streak does the mineral nickel leave?
Nickel leaves a silver-gray streak. Note that nickel is an element.
What is the streak color of the mineral calcite?
Streak is the color of a crushed mineral's powder. The color of a mineral's powder may differ from the actual color of the mineral. This property can be useful for mineral identification.Almost every mineral has an inherent streak color, no matter what color the actual mineral is.
What is the color of mineral's powder called?
there is no name for the color, but there is the "streak" of a mineral, meaning the color of its streak.
What is the streak color for the mineral?
The streak color will vary depending on the type of pyroxene mineral.
The true color of a mineral is called?
The color of the powdered form of a mineral is called
What is the mineral that leaves a grey streak and is metallic?
Hematite can appear gray in color, but will exhibit a reddish to rust-colored streak.
