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What is it called when you perform a scratch test on a mineral?
It is called a streak and its purpose is to find the hardness of the mineral.
What mineral is most resistant to scratching?
DimondDiamond.
What is scratching a mineral against a glass plate and rubbing a mineral on a streak plate helpful procedure for determining in a mineral?
hardness
What minerals are found in a nail file?
Emery is the mineral in a nail file
Why is an iron nail not a mineral?
Minerals are pure elements. While iron by itself is an element, an iron nail would be made up of iron and various additives, thus making it not a pure mineral.
What is scratching a mineral with a nail a test of?
hardness
Scratching a mineral with a nail is a test of?
hardness
Scratching a mineral with a nail is a test of .?
hardness
How is mineral hardness tested?
Mineral hardness is tested on a glass plate or usually a finger nail.
What is used to test the hardness of a a mineral?
The Moh's scale is used to test the hardness of a mineral. It will be tested by a fingernail scratching it.
What kind of test is it when you scratch a mineral with a nail?
Most likely you would be testing to see if the mineral was harder or softer than the nail.
What kinds of tests can you do to figure out the difference between diamonds and calcite?
The tests you can do is the streak test, the luster test,the finger nail test(which is scratching it ti see if its hard or not).
Is a nail a mineral?
no is not a mineral
What is it called when you perform a scratch test on a mineral?
It is called a streak and its purpose is to find the hardness of the mineral.
What mineral cannot resist scratching by any other mineral?
This is diamond.
What mineral is most resistant to scratching?
DimondDiamond.
How measure of how a mineral resists scratching?
hardness
