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The property of a mineral that shows the color or powder is called?
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∙ 13y ago
The term for this that I've always heard is "streak".
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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.
Is color a useful property when trying to identify a mineral?
no, because the same mineral can be more than one color.
What is the Color of a mineral when crushed to a powder?
Different minerals have different colors, actually.
What can you rub a mineral on to leave a clue what the mineral?
A streak plate, or unglazed white porcelain tile, is used to perform streak tests which can help to identify minerals. Rubbing the mineral on the streak plate will finely powder it and reveal the color of the powder, which in some cases is quite different from the color of the mineral. Eg: hematite is black but has a red streak - a good way to tell you have hematite instead of one of the many other shiny black minerals.
How can mineral composition affect a rocks color?
No. It can vary from the visible color of the mineral and, since visible color of them ineral is not a reliable indicator of type, it is important to learn to use streak, (along with other factors), to correctly identify a mineral.
What is the property of a mineral that shows the color of its powder?
streak.
What is the color of mineral's powder called?
there is no name for the color, but there is the "streak" of a mineral, meaning the color of its streak.
What property for a mineral observe surface of powder on an unglazed tile?
color
What is the powdered form of the mineral?
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 streak color of the mineral calcite?
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.
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.
The color of a mineral powder is its?
The streak of the mineral is the mineral's powder color
What is the color of the powder that a mineral leaves went is scratched across a special plate?
what is the color of the powder called that a mineral leaves when scratched across a special plate
The color of a minerals powder is its what?
The color of a mineral in powdered form is called the streak color.
Which mineral property is identified by the color of the powder left behind when it is rubbed across a surface?
streak
What is the color of powdered mineral?
This is the definition of the physical property called streak. The actual color varies depending on the mineral, which is why it is used as an identifying property.
What is the color of a mineral in powder form?
It's called the minerals streak
