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When a mineral breaks it often does so along its plane or plamnes which is known as?
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What is the tendency of a mineral to break along planes of weakness producing smooth parallel breaks known as?
Cleavage is the tendency of a minerals to break along flat surfaces. It means that the make up of the mineral is uneven, dense on one side and not dense in the other, causing the mineral to break along flat surfaces. The tendency of a mineral to break irregurlary is fracture.
Which is the softest and the hardest mineral?
The softest known mineral is 'TALC'. The hardest known mineral is 'DIAMOND' (according to Friedrich Mohs scale)
Scientists use this to determine a minerals resistance to being scratched?
A mineral's resistance to being scratched is known as it's hardness. You can determine hardness by scratching it with another material whose hardness is already known. If it can be scratched, then the hardness is lower. If the unknown leaves a scratch on the known material, then its hardness is higher.
Breaks between plates are known as what?
fault lines
What mineral is the hardest known substance in the nature?
Diamond
What is the tendency of a mineral to break along planes of weakness producing smooth parallel breaks known as?
Cleavage is the tendency of a minerals to break along flat surfaces. It means that the make up of the mineral is uneven, dense on one side and not dense in the other, causing the mineral to break along flat surfaces. The tendency of a mineral to break irregurlary is fracture.
The tendency of the mineral to break along the curved surface is called?
This is known as conchoidal fracture.
What is hardest mineral and what is the softest?
The hardest mineral is diamond, and the softest mineral is talc.
Which is the softest and the hardest mineral?
The softest known mineral is 'TALC'. The hardest known mineral is 'DIAMOND' (according to Friedrich Mohs scale)
What mineral is known as the peacock ore?
The mineral is called bornite.
Which mineral is the hardest on the scale?
Diamond is the hardest mineral known.
What are the mineral fuels in Mexico?
Oil is the most-known mineral fuel.
What mineral composition?
Each known mineral has a specific chemical composition.
What mineral is the hardest substance known and an allotrope of carbon?
Diamond is the hardest mineral currently known and is an allotrope of carbon.
Does a mineral reserve refers to the known deposits of the mineral that are worth mining?
yes
Can emeralds have minerals in it?
Emerald is a mineral. Specifically, it is a variant of the mineral known as beryl.
What is known as the shine of a mineral?
luster
