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what is the color of the powder called that a mineral leaves when scratched across a special plate
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It is called the streak test. It can help identify the mineral by the color of the streak that is left.
Streak is the color of a crushed mineral's powder. The color of a mineral's powder may differ from the actual color of the mineral. This property can be useful for mineral identification.Almost every mineral has an inherent streak color, no matter what color the actual mineral is.
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what is the color of the powder called that a mineral leaves when scratched across a special plate
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It depends on the miniral you are scratching
A minerals hardness is the ability to scratch or be scratched by other minerals and streak is the colored powder of a mineral that comes off when being scratched.
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It is called the streak test. It can help identify the mineral by the color of the streak that is left.
Streak is the color of a crushed mineral's powder. The color of a mineral's powder may differ from the actual color of the mineral. This property can be useful for mineral identification.Almost every mineral has an inherent streak color, no matter what color the actual mineral is.
The streak of the mineral is the mineral's powder color