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Color is what you observe when you look at a mineral. Streak is the color of the mineral when in a fine powder form. This can be observed by drawing a sample of the mineral over an unglazed porcelain tile and noting the color of the line left on the tile.
it can be white or gray but the word is STREAK
The powder indicates the true color of the mineral and is an aid in mineral identification. That can also be called a streak.
Streak is the color of powder of a mineral on a porcelain plate.
The color of the powder left on the rough surface by a mineral is called its streak. The streak plate is a hard surface that helps to determine the different shades and characteristics of the minerals that is rubbed on it.
The streak of the mineral is the mineral's powder color
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Streak refers to the color of a mineral in powder form.
The term for this that I've always heard is "streak".
there is no name for the color, but there is the "streak" of a mineral, meaning the color of its streak.
Powder and color
Streak is the color of a crushed mineral's powder. The color of a mineral's powder may differ from the actual color of the mineral. This property can be useful for mineral identification.Almost every mineral has an inherent streak color, no matter what color the actual mineral is.
The powder indicates the true color of the mineral and is an aid in mineral identification. That can also be called a streak.
what is the color of the powder called that a mineral leaves when scratched across a special plate
The mineral is sratched on a unglazed white title the powder left is the is the color of the minerals streak which is used to find the name of the mineral and identify it.
The Color streak/streak.
Color is what you observe when you look at a mineral. Streak is the color of the mineral when in a fine powder form. This can be observed by drawing a sample of the mineral over an unglazed porcelain tile and noting the color of the line left on the tile.