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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 properties used to identify minerals?
luster streak shape density color (not always reliable tho mulltiple types of minerals can have the same color) odor tenacity reaction to acid cleavage magnetism electrical properties
What is the problem with using only color to identify a mineral Give an example of a mineral that demonstrates your answer?
The color of many minerals is highly variable. Many minerals are found in many different colors. Eg. while malachite is always green, and sulfur always yellow, quartz can come in shades of purple, green, blue, red, yellow, brown, pink, etc., and tourmaline, garnet, calcite, and fluorite are equally color variable.
What minerals can you identify in the specimen of gabbro?
The minerals that make up Gneiss are almost always: feldspars, quartz, and mica. Sometimes: kyanite, garnet, hornblende, tourmaline, magnetite, and many others. Source: Geology University Student
How to identify duplicate beer in india?
beer in India is always duplicate, better brew your own and drink
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 properties used to identify minerals?
luster streak shape density color (not always reliable tho mulltiple types of minerals can have the same color) odor tenacity reaction to acid cleavage magnetism electrical properties
What are made up of minerals?
Well minerals is in earth inorganic solid material found in nature that always has the same chemical makeup atoms arranged in an orderly pattern and properties such as cleavage and fracture color hardness and streak and luster.
A substance always has properties even though they are difficult to observe?
chemical properties
What does a chemical change always do?
A chemical change always changes the chemical composition of the reactants to produce products with new and unique properties, different from the reactants.
Why is color not always a good way to identify minerals?
Color is not always a good way to identify minerals because some minerals change colors at certain temperatures. Some minerals have several colors and some are found in varied colors.
Are changes in properties always evidence of a chemical change and why?
No. Boiling water is a physical not a chemical change, and yet clearly steam has very different properties than liquid water does. A chemical change is one which will change the composition or identity of the material. So not only will its properties change, but it's chemical composition will also be changed
What is a charateristic poperty?
A characteristic property is a chemical or physical property that helps identify and classify substances. The characteristic properties of a substance are always the same whether the sample you are observing is large or small. Examples of characteristic properties include freezing/melting point, boiling/condensing point, density, magnetism, and solubility.
Is it true a chemical equation must always be balanced because matter keeps its original properties?
Yes.
What kind of substance always has properties that are hard to see?
For example very rare radioactive chemical elements.
Is The color of elemental bromine is orange-red a chemical property?
The color of an element is a PHYSICAL property, not a chemical property.
What are minerals made of?
A mineral may consist of a specific element, but is most likely a combination of elements. A mineral is an inorganic solid material found in nature that always has the same chemical makeup, atoms arranged in an orderly pattern, and properties such as cleavage, streak color, hardness and luster.
