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Is Galena a rock or mineral?
Galena is a mineral.
Is galena a mineral oxide?
No, Galena is a Sulfide
What colour is the mineral galena?
Galena is a lead gray color. Galena is the natural mineral form of lead sulfide, and an important source of silver.
Is the mineral galena able to scratch other rocks?
The scratch resistance of rock forming minerals is measured using Mohs hardness scale. This is a relative hardness scale ranging from 1 - 10 (with 1 being the softest e.g. Talc and 10 being the hardest - Diamond).AGalena has a Mohs scale hardness of 2.5 - 2.75.B This is low by the standards of common rock forming minerals. As such it is unlikely that Galena will be capable of scratching the majority of other rocks or rock forming minerals.Source of data - see external links:A Mohs hardness scale - WikipediaB Galena - Wikipedia
Is galena a silicate?
Galena is a mineral, not a rock, but is commonly found emplaced in sedimentary rock from hydrothermal deposition in faults and fissures.
Which mineral will scratch fluorite galena and pyroxene?
Olivine
Which mineral can be easily scratched by a fingernail has cleavage a metallic luster and has a black streak?
azurite is one of the minerals that has a light blue streak.
Is Galena a rock or mineral?
Galena is a mineral.
What are the Missouri minerals?
Barite Calcite Carnotite Dolomite Feldspar Galena Geodes Gold Gypsum Hematite Limonite Marcasite Metatorbernite Mica Pyrite Quartz Silver Sphalerite
Is galena a mineral oxide?
No, Galena is a Sulfide
What colour is the mineral galena?
Galena is a lead gray color. Galena is the natural mineral form of lead sulfide, and an important source of silver.
What mineral group is galena in?
Galena is in the sulfide group of minerals.
Which of these is a mineral sulfidefluoritegypsumiodinegalena?
galena
What mineral has lead ore in it?
the mineral with the ore of lead is galena
What is the mineral ore for lead?
Galena
What colouring does the mineral galena have?
BLACK
What is an example of a mineral sulfide?
galena
