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∙ 11y agoA potato, shopping carts, copper tubing, drain cleaner, a sousaphone or skittles. This is but a small list of the many items that are unable to identify minerals.
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What property is used to identify minerals uses the color of the mineral when it's broken up?
StreakColor of the mineral when it is powdered.Grind a small amount of a mineral into a powder on a porcelain streak plate and determine the color of the powder.
What are 4 of the principal physical properties used to identify a mineral?
Crystal habitColourStreakHardnessCleavageLusterare some of the principal physical properties used to identify minerals.
What are four characteristics of mineral which can be used to identify it?
Color, streak color, hardness, cleavage, and chemical.
Why are chemical properties not always used to identify minerals?
Testing the chemical properties of a mineral might damage the mineral sample. Also, these tests can be complex and may require expensive equipment.
What are the examples where streaks are used in identifying minerals?
Streaks of MineralsStreaks ( layers of different colorings ) can be used to identify which country a mineral originate. Streaks are an optical property (viewing effects--color, luster, luminescence, iridescence). For example Agate quartz from German mines can streak red, pink, brown, separated by gray bands. The Agate from South American are usually dull gray. The inherent color (basic color, the true color) is colorless. Color in a mineral comes from other elements. Streak are use to enhance a mineral's importance in increase price as Chrysoberyl which has light source that move across the surface. See color by streaking a mineral on a 'streak plate, (rough porcelain plate).
Mineral properties cannot be used to identify a mineral?
Mass
What mineral properties cannot be used to identify a mineral?
The color, luster, and crystal shape of a mineral may be observed just by looking at the mineral. Some minerals have very distinctive colors that help identify them. Although the color of a mineral can give away its identity, color is the least useful property for mineral identification.
What is the most reliable physical property that can be used to identify a mineral?
HARDNESS
Which property is used to identify minerals uses the color of the mineral when it's broken up?
It is the streak property. The streak is the color of a mineral in powdered form.
Does the Mohs scale help scientists identify the crystal shape of a mineral?
The Mohs scale is used to identify the mineral property of hardness only.
The single property that can be used to identify any minerals is?
There really isn't one single property, there are multiple properties that need to be used to diagnose a mineral.
What mineral property is the least useful property?
The least effective property used to identify most minerals would be the color. The color of a mineral can be altered by impurities.
What property is used to identify minerals uses the color of the mineral when it's broken up?
StreakColor of the mineral when it is powdered.Grind a small amount of a mineral into a powder on a porcelain streak plate and determine the color of the powder.
What traits can be used to identify a mineral?
Geolgy
Why is streak an important physical property of minerals?
A streak test is used to determine a minerals streak color. This can help in the identification of minerals.
How can an unglazed porcelain tile be used to identify a mineral?
You identify minerals through a streak test. This involves taking the tile and the mineral to be identified and rubbing them together. This produces a colored streak on the tile, which can be used to identify the mineral. Consult a field guide for specific colors.
Is not an property of an index mineral?
forms only in a sedimentary rock
