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What property is shown by the shape of the crystals in a mineral sample?
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What do symmerical crystal shapes indicate about a mineral?
what ddoes the crystals shape look like
How to identify crystals?
Crystals have regular, flat faces that form at very specific angles to each other and reflect their atomic structure. To identify what type of mineral you have, consult mindat.org, or a library, or a university earth science department, a local museum with mineral exhibits, or a local mineral collecting club.
What determines a mineral's shape?
yes. each minerals atoms are arranged in a very specific order.
Is the crystals in each mineral are the same shape true or false?
Most minerals have one crystal shape each, but that shape may be different for a different mineral. However there are a few substances which form different shapes of crystal under different conditions. This is called polymorphism, or allotropy if the substance is an element. For instance carbon can form graphite or diamond.
What shape are borax crystals?
Borax forms crystals with a Monoclinic Prismatic structure.
The texture of an igneous rock depends on the size and the shape of its what?
mineral crystals
What physical property of a mineral is octahedron?
shape
What do symmerical crystal shapes indicate about a mineral?
what ddoes the crystals shape look like
What property makes liquid crystals ususual?
Retains geometric shape
What texture is igneous?
igneous is the texture of igneous rocks. The texture of igneous rocks is defined by 3 ways: a) Crystallinity- it expresses the degree of formation of crystals in an igneous rock. the texture of an igneous rock may be Holocyrstalline (Completely characterised by crystals, Hemicrystalline (partially having crystals) and holocrystalline (no crystals). b) Granularity- it is the size of the grains. it may be equigranular (when mineral grains are equal in size) or inequigranular (when mineral grains are not equal in size). c) shape of crystals- The shape of crystals may be Euhedral (When all crystals are of same shape), Subhedral (when they are partially similar in shape), Anhedral (when they are completely different in shape).
Mineral property that cannot be determined by inspection is?
crystal shape
What is Pseudomorphed calcite scalenohedrons?
A pseudomorph is a mineral that has been replaced by another mineral over time, while retaining the shape of the replaced crystals.
The visible shape of a mineral's atom pattern?
The visible shape of a mineral's pattern is called a crystal. Solidified minerals that are from a molten state have smooth faced, angular crystals.
How to identify crystals?
Crystals have regular, flat faces that form at very specific angles to each other and reflect their atomic structure. To identify what type of mineral you have, consult mindat.org, or a library, or a university earth science department, a local museum with mineral exhibits, or a local mineral collecting club.
Which property of a mineral most directly results from the internal arrangements of its atoms?
crystal shape
Is true or false that the crystals in each mineral are the same shape?
Crystals of a certain mineral have a regular formation of atoms. However, crystals of the same mineral can grow differently. The presence of trace minerals, variations in heat, pressure, and the space that they have to grow in can influence the shape of a crystal. Crystalline structures demonstrate characteristic geographic variations for these reasons.
What is a visible shape of a minerals atom pattern?
The visible shape of a mineral's pattern is called a crystal. Solidified minerals that are from a molten state have smooth faced, angular crystals.
