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Fill a beaker with water, and weigh it.
Weigh a sample of the mineral. That's the mass of the mineral.
Put the sample in the beaker and weigh that.
The weight of the water-filled beaker plus the weight of the mineral sample will be greater than the weight of the beaker with mineral sample and water. The difference is the weight of the displaced water, in grams.
The volume of the mineral sample, in cubic centimeters is equal to the weight of the displaced water, in grams.
Calculate the specific gravity of the mineral by dividing the weight of the mineral sample by the volume of the mineral sample.
Example: your beaker weighs 40 grams. Filled with water, it's 1040 grams. The sample of mineral weighs 160 grams. The beaker with the sample of mineral and water weighs 1179.7 grams.
The mineral, and the beaker with water would have a combined weight of 1200 grams, but the beaker with mineral and water weighs 20.3 grams less than that, so the mineral sample is displacing 20.3 cubic centimeters of water.
Given a mass of 160 grams and a volume of 2.03 CC, the specific gravity would be found by dividing 160 by 20.3. It's 7.85. (Which happens to be the specific gravity of some iron.)
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A mineral has a specific gravity of 7.0 What does this mean?
Specific gravity is a comparison of the density of one material to the density of water (at 4 degrees C). When a mineral has a specific gravity (SG) of 7.0 it means that the mineral is 7.0 times as heavy as the same volume of water.
What is the mineral property defied by Density of the mineral sample divided by the density of water?
Specific gravity.
Do Most minerals have a higher specific gravity than water?
Water has a Specific Gravity of 1. Silicate mineral rocks have specific gravities from 2 to 4, generally. The answer is True.
Is Hardness or Specific gravity compares the weight of a mineral with the weight of an equal amount of water?
Hardness compares the weight of a mineral with the weight of an equal amount of water
A mineral with a specific gravity of 3.5 would be expected to weigh 3.5 times as much as an equal volume of?
water
What determines the density and specific gravity of a mineral?
The density and specific gravity of a mineral is caused by the arrangement of atoms in the crystalline structure and the elements of which the mineral is composed.
What is the specific gravity of sphalerite?
the specific gravity of the sphalerite mineral is aproximatelyy 4.0
What does it mean when a mineral has a specific gravity of 4.0?
A specific gravity of 4.0 for a mineral means that a given volume of the mineral has 4.0 times the mass of the same volume of water.
If a mineral is 10 times heavier than water what is its specific gravity?
specific gravity = relative density ( relative to water) , so if the mineral is 10 times the density of water, then its specific gravity is 10
A mineral has a specific gravity of 7.0 What does this mean?
Specific gravity is a comparison of the density of one material to the density of water (at 4 degrees C). When a mineral has a specific gravity (SG) of 7.0 it means that the mineral is 7.0 times as heavy as the same volume of water.
What is the mineral property defied by Density of the mineral sample divided by the density of water?
Specific gravity.
What is the specific gravity of euclase?
Euclase, which is a beryllium aluminum hydroxide silicate mineral, abbreviated BeAlSiO4(OH), has a specific gravity between 2.99 and 3.1.
What is a high specific gravity?
it is important because it helps determine what the mineral you are looking for is
What compares weight of mineral with weight of an equal volume of water?
Specific gravity
Do Most minerals have a higher specific gravity than water?
Water has a Specific Gravity of 1. Silicate mineral rocks have specific gravities from 2 to 4, generally. The answer is True.
What mineral is a native element and has a specific gravity of 19?
native gold is 19.3
What is the difference between streak and specific gravity?
Streak: The powder mark left by a mineral when it is rubbed against a harder object. Specific Gravity: The exact weight of an object.
