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Large crystals with well-formed crystal faces tend to form when?
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Large mineral crystals can form when magma is able to cool slowly underground, creating intrusive igneous rock.
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What is euhedral crystal and anhedral crystals?
A anhedral crystal is not well formed due to limited growth in environment. A euhedral crystal are well formed with recognizable faces from more space to grow.
When minerals form slowly without space restrictions they will develop what?
When minerals solidify they form crystalline structures.
What is the difference between the crystal faces and cleavage faces?
cleavage surface are smooth and shiny as the fracture is due to weakness in the bonds between the atoms rather than a breakage. Crystal face is where the crystal development such as twinning take place.
Does a quartz crystal have more or fewer faces than a halite crystal?
Quartz is silicon dioxide, SiO2. It forms a hexagonal prism as an ideal crystal. Impurities in the quartz can give it pretty colours eg rose quartz.Halite is sodium chloride, common table salt, NaCl. It forms cubic crystals. These can be seen with a magnifying glass when looking at table salt.Perfect crystals are formed by careful evaporation of solutions.
What mineral property is determined by the number and angle of crystal faces?
I believe the answer would be the crystal system, but the crystal system is based on the angles and length of the axis of the crystal. The axis length and the angle at which they meet would affact the number and angle of the crystal faces.
How many faces does a hexagonal crystal have?
If a mineral belongs to the hexagonal crystal group, then its crystals have six sides.
What kind of faces are found in mineral crystals?
Mineral crystal faces of varying luster and geometric shapes.
Why crystals of sugar have straight edges and flat faces?
it is the property of solid crystal that they have straight edges and flat faces.
What is euhedral crystal and anhedral crystals?
A anhedral crystal is not well formed due to limited growth in environment. A euhedral crystal are well formed with recognizable faces from more space to grow.
What crystal makes a rock?
In geology, crystals are the geometric shapes into which minerals form. The crystals can be described in terms of axes, angles, and faces, unlike tree bark.
What is a xenoblast?
A xenoblast is a crystal forming in a metamorphic rock which has not yet developed its crystalline faces and gets its shape from bordering crystals.
When minerals form slowly without space restrictions they will develop what?
When minerals solidify they form crystalline structures.
What is the difference between the crystal faces and cleavage faces?
cleavage surface are smooth and shiny as the fracture is due to weakness in the bonds between the atoms rather than a breakage. Crystal face is where the crystal development such as twinning take place.
What are crystal facets?
the faces on a crystal...
What are the flat sides of crystal called?
Faces
What a the word for observe number and angle of crystal faces?
Crystal Systems is the word for "observe number and angle of crystal faces."
What is a crystal and how many faces and sides?
A crystal is a polyhedral shape. The number of faces (which means the same thing as sides) depends on the crystal.
