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Is color an important characteristic for identifying a sedimentary rock?
Wiki User
∙ 15y ago
i think so because it each sedimentary rock has its own property, and color is an important one
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∙ 15y ago
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What is the least useful characteristic in identifying minerals?
color
What is the most unreliable characteristic of a mineral?
Color, due to the effects of impurities, is the least reliable identifying mineral characteristic.
What is laminated rock?
Laminated rock is a type of sedimentary rock structure that features laminae. Laminae are representative of periods of sedimentation where thin beds with differing grain size, color or lithology are deposited. They usually appear as a succesive sequence of parallel banding of 10mm or less in a rock sample or facies.
Is an element's flame color a chemical characteristic?
The color of the light emitted by an element heated within a flame is a physical characteristic, but this particular physical characteristic is itself determined by a chemical characteristic: the distribution of electron energy levels within the element.
Why is mineral's streak more useful in identifying a mineral than its color?
Because color can vary based on the purity of the mineral.
What is the least useful characteristic in identifying minerals?
color
A sometimes misleading characteristic when identifying a mineral?
color
What is the most unreliable characteristic of a mineral?
Color, due to the effects of impurities, is the least reliable identifying mineral characteristic.
Color of powered mineral?
It's referred to as the streak, the color of which is used as an identifying characteristic of minerals.
What is a property of science and what are the most important things about them?
A property of science is a characteristic of something, like the color of a lid.
Is red and pale sandstone a sedimentary rock?
Sandstone is a sedimentary rock regardless of its color.
Why does the color of sedimentary rock change during metamorphism?
The color of sedimentary rock changes during metamorphism due to minerals. New minerals introduced can change the color of the rock.
What gives calamine its characteristic pink color?
Ferric oxide gives calamine its characteristic pink color.
Is color a characteristic property of an element?
Yes, it is a Physical Characteristic.
What is the color Jaspillite?
it is not a color it is a red, grey and sometimes purple sedimentary rock
What is the characteristic of color?
White
What is the name for a characteristic such as eye color for a organism?
A phenotype is a characteristic such as eye color for an organism. It includes observable characteristics.
