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The chemical composition of a mineral is important because it tells what the mineral is.
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What property of a mineral is determined by its chemical composition?
The color of a mineral sample is determined by its chemical composition
What is mineral composition?
Each known mineral has a specific chemical composition.
What properties of mineral depend on its chemical composition?
ALL of the properties of a mineral depend on it's chemical composition.
What does chemical composition of a mineral mean?
Chemical composition refers to the elements and their proportions in that mineral. For instance, table salt has equal parts sodium and chlorine. Its chemical composition is NaCl. Or, quartz is one part silicon and two parts oxygen. Its chemical composition is SiO2.
Do minerals have chemical compositions?
Yes. Every mineral has a chemical composition.
Why does a mineral have a characteristic chemical composition?
Minerals are basically chemicals in a solid form.A2. Part of the definition of a mineral is that it has a known chemical composition. If its composition were variable, it would not qualify under the definition.
Why is magma not a mineral?
Magma is not a mineral becauseIt is liquid.It does not have a definite chemical composition.
What does it mean to say that a mineral has a definite chemical composition?
it means that the chemical build up of the mineral never changes
Why is a boulder not a mineral?
A mineral is a naturally occuring chemical compound. A mineral is different from a rock/boulder which can be an aggregate of minerals, or non minerals and does not have a specific chemical composition as a mineral does
How do you classify a mineral?
by its texture, shape, color and chemical composition
HOW CAN YOU IDENTIFY A MINERAL BY THE HELP OF THEIR PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES?
It is simple: each mineral has different chemical and physical properties; also the chemical composition is different.
What is a mineral grains?
Mineral grains are crystals or pieces of crystals that vary widely in chemicalcomposition
Is salt water a mineral?
No. a mineral is a compound of fixed chemical composition and of fixed crystal structure.
What is definite chemical composition in reference to mineral definition?
In mineralogy, definite chemical composition refers to a characteristic that a substance must possess to meet the definition of a mineral. It is the narrow parameter of chemical compositions that a substance must have to be described as a particular mineral separate from other minerals.
What is the chemical or mineral content of a rock based on?
The chemical composition must be determined by analytical methods.
Why is the chemical composition of Earth's atmosphere important?
The Chemical Composition of the Earth's atmosphere is important because it holds the Earth together.
What is the chemical composition of quartz mineral?
Quartz is silicon dioxide (SiO2).
A mineral must be what?
a mineral is defined as any inorganic substance that occurs in nature and has a definite chemical composition.
Which mineral is a cousin to a diamond of chemical composition?
The mineral is carbon: allotropes include diamond, graphite and coal.
What is the chemical formula for mineral water?
The composition of mineral waters are extremaly variable; please mention a type.
What is a defintite chemical composition?
In mineralogy, definite chemical composition refers to a characteristic that a substance must possess to meet the definition of a mineral. It is the narrow parameter of chemical compositions that a substance must have to be described as a particular mineral separate from other minerals.
How is volcanic glass different from a mineral?
Volcanic glass does not technically contain mineral crystals. The definition of a mineral requires a crystalline structure. Secondly, the chemical composition of volcanic glass could vary widely. Minerals have definite parameters for chemical composition.
Mineral composed of only one element?
A mineral is defined as a compound having a fixed chemical composition ... Thus an element is not a mineral.
What does mineral composition mean?
it means a naturally-occaring, inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition
What do minerals have to have to be a mineral?
They have to be a solid, inorganic, have a definite chemical composition, made of crystals, and need to have a chemical compound
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