gold and fools gold is the same color. Also for the color blind this would cause problems. So colors can be alike in diffrent minerals or minerals could have a natrual dye on them making color seem diffrent.
Color
Color, due to the effects of impurities, is the least reliable identifying mineral characteristic.
either color, cleavage, and crystal form or crystal form, cleavage, and streak
The least effective property used to identify most minerals would be the color. The color of a mineral can be altered by impurities.
Although most people think of color as an important characteristic of a specimen, it is not very useful in identifying a mineral.color is one of the physical properties most commonly used to describe minerals,but it is not a very good property to use to identify mineralssome minerals are nearly always the same color like azurite (blue) and sulfur (yellow)many minerals come in a variety of colors - the changes are caused by slight chemical impurities or through exposure to heatcolor can change when the surface is exposed to moisture & air - it tarnishes or oxidizessome minerals have common names (varietal names) that describe a specimen with a certain coloreg. Quartz - rock crystal (colorless), smoky quartz (brown), citrine (yellow), amethyst (violet),rose quartz (pink)color can be described as metallic or non-metallic and is often described along with luster though they are 2 different characteristicsrocks are often distinctive or named because of a certain color which occurs because of their mineral content
Color
Color, due to the effects of impurities, is the least reliable identifying mineral characteristic.
either color, cleavage, and crystal form or crystal form, cleavage, and streak
The least effective property used to identify most minerals would be the color. The color of a mineral can be altered by impurities.
Because they look alike
Although most people think of color as an important characteristic of a specimen, it is not very useful in identifying a mineral.color is one of the physical properties most commonly used to describe minerals,but it is not a very good property to use to identify mineralssome minerals are nearly always the same color like azurite (blue) and sulfur (yellow)many minerals come in a variety of colors - the changes are caused by slight chemical impurities or through exposure to heatcolor can change when the surface is exposed to moisture & air - it tarnishes or oxidizessome minerals have common names (varietal names) that describe a specimen with a certain coloreg. Quartz - rock crystal (colorless), smoky quartz (brown), citrine (yellow), amethyst (violet),rose quartz (pink)color can be described as metallic or non-metallic and is often described along with luster though they are 2 different characteristicsrocks are often distinctive or named because of a certain color which occurs because of their mineral content
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While Minerals may share apparent colours, most do not share both colour and hardness, as well as the fact that the colour can be more accurately identified from the mineral's powder.
no, because many of the same minerals have the same color
Density is the least useful property for identification because different specimens of the same type of mineral can vary in size. -Color is the least useful property for identification because it is the most obvious property.
color and appearance.
Someone said, "No. Most minerals have a variety of different colors." but that isn't true. Minerals and rocks can be classified by color, streak, luster, cleavage, hardness, and specific gravity. Hope this helps! By: Fizzycandy10