its silicate
its silicate
Silicon and Oxygen
Iron?
It is the streak property. The streak is the color of a mineral in powdered form.
This is a chemical element as gold or platinum.
It depends on how soft the mineral is. For example, Talc is the softest mineral. You can scratch it with just a fingernail. but on the other hand, Diamond, the hardest mineral can only be scratched with another Diamond. So as long as you are not trying to scratch a diamond (it would be 50/ 50 change of scratching if use another diamond), use a diamond. NOTE: how easy it is to scratch a mineral has nothing to do with how easy it is to break a mineral. Example diamond is the hardest mineral but can be chipped or broken by a good strong hammer stroke.
Halite has perfect cleavage in three directions and is in the cubic crystal system.
Silicate
Silicate
Iron?
They are broken into a new mineral
there is HDL=cholesterol LDL=bad cholesterol, there are triglycerides and these can all be broken down into subgroups as well vldd and vhdl
a dusty white
A streak test.
A streak test.
When it is broken down into an individual mineral grain or crystal, in which case it is a mineral.
A streak test.
streak.
Any carbonate, such as limestone or dolomite.