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The same as cows,Iron.

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Q: What mineral is used to mark sheep?
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What red ochre is used to mark sheep?

Ruddle


What is red ochre that is used to mark sheep?

Ruddle


What is a black mineral that's waxy and soft and can coat gold nuggets?

The mineral that fits that description is graphite. It is soft, and has an oily or greasy feel. When it was first found in Britain, it was used to mark sheep! Today we use processed and prepared graphite as pencil lead. A link can be found below.


Why does sheep have green markings on its back?

It could either be stock mark paint used by the farmer to identify the sheep or fleece rot.


What is the difference between a sheep salt lick and a cattle salt lick?

A trace-mineral sheep salt lick lacks copper. A trace-mineral lick for cattle (and horses) includes copper.


Why do farmers use raddle on their sheep?

To mark which sheep is theirs, to mark which ones are going to market, to mark what sheep they may have given medication to. Farmers may also put a harness on a ram with raddle in it so they know which ewes the ram has served.


Who invented Shawn the sheep?

mark rice


What is the color of the mark made when a mineral sample is rubbed on a harder surface?

The mark is called a streak and the color depends on what mineral you are testing.


What is one sheep called?

The word sheep can be used to describe a single (sheep) and it can be used to describe several sheep.


What is the color of the mark a mineral makes?

blue


How do you mark sheep?

The primary way to mark sheep is by ear tagging them. The other way is to use livestock markers that usually come in 4 colors. And they can also be collared and labeled that way.


What is streak pattern?

then a mark is left on a mineral and is presentable!