Hardness, lustre, and streak are aids to identifying minerals. Limestone is composed mainly of the mineral calcite. Calcite has a Mohs hardness of '3', it's lustre is vitreous, and it has a white streak.
These are three (there are many more) properties of minerals that aid in their identification.
They are physical properties used to describe and identify minerals.
Metals have all three.
Properties used to identify minerals.
1.Color 2.Luster 3.Crystal Shape 4.Flourscent 5.Hardness 6.Density
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By there color, hardness, density, luster, streak, plus crystalshare
1. Halite (table salt) can be identified by is salty taste, nonmetallic luster, 2.5 hardness, white streak, and its cubic shape. 2. Quartz can be identified by its nonmetallic luster, 7 hardness, white streak, and its (generally) hexagonal prism or pyramid shape. 3. Talc can be identified by its greasy, nonmetallic luster, 1 hardness, white color and streak, and lack of cleavage.
The color is clear, the hardness is the hardest thing in the world, and the luster is pearly.
hardness streak and luster and color
hardness streak and luster and color
Hardness Streak Luster Color
Hardness Streak Luster Color
hardness streak and luster and color
color, luster, fracture/cleavage, streak, hardness, density
the 5 properties are cleavage hardness luster color streak
Properties used to identify minerals.
Hardness, Cleavage, Luster, Color, Streak, and Texture.
Yes it is, along with color, streak, luster, density, and hardness.
By the mineral color, streak color, luster, hardness, the property of the mineral, if it's fracture or cleavage and it's specific gravity. Those are just basic, so there's many other ways to ID a mineral.