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The 'streak', or powdered mineral, will not always match the specimen's observed color.
Haylee Stokes
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∙ 8y agoSmall amounts of different elements can give the same mineral different colors.
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Is color a property of an object?
Yes. The colour of an object is determined by what frequenc(y/ies) of electromagnetic wave it emits in the visible spectrum. The colour of an object is a physical property of that object.
What are visible characteristics?
Visible characteristics are characteristics that are visible. Haha no but they are your outside features.
In a light wave what properties tell you the color of the light?
Just ONE property, the wavelength of the light. The colour of visible light depends on its wavelength. These wavelengths range from 700 nm at the red end of the spectrum to 400 nm at the violet end.
Why cant you rely on any single test or property when you are trying to identify a mineral?
Different minerals can share many, but not all, mineral characteristics. Characteristics would include hardness, streak color, crystal shape, reactions to acids, flame tests, density, and others.
The calor a mineral leaves when it is rubbed across a plate?
Streak is the color of the finely powdered mineral when rubbed across a plate. Streak is one of the physical properties of minerals used to identify which specific mineral it is. Some minerals leave a completely different color streak than the original color of the whole mineral.
Which property is the most unreliable variable diagnostic property of minerals such as quartz?
Color
What property can be used only for a few minerals?
The property of color.
An unreliable property to identify minerals is?
Color
Why is color not a good mineral property to use to identify minerals?
Simply because colour has nothing to do with any other property of the substance in question.
Why is color not a good property to use to identify mineral?
because the color of a mineral can be the same as some other minerals but all minerals have a different property between them
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.
Why is color often an unreliable property in identifying minerals?
because many minerals are the same color, and some minerals come in many colors
What are the property's of minerals?
hardness streak and luster and color
What are property's of minerals?
hardness streak and luster and color
Which property is least reliable to identify minerals?
color yo
Which property describes the color of powdered minerals?
its called streak
What is the least reliable physical property for identifying minerals?
Color
