Some minerals can have taste characteristics such as salty or bitter taste.
The eight characteristics used to classify minerals are color, streak, luster, cleavage, fracture, hardness, specific gravity, and crystal form. These properties help geologists identify and differentiate between different types of minerals based on their physical and chemical characteristics.
Common characteristics of fractures in minerals include the way they break along certain planes or surfaces, their irregular shapes, and the lack of a specific pattern or direction in the breakage. Fractures can be described as conchoidal (smooth and curved), fibrous (like fibers), or splintery (like splinters). These characteristics can help identify different minerals based on how they break.
The color left on a streak plate when the mineral is scratched on the surface of the plate. Different minerals have different streak colors. The mineral is tested for hardness to see where it lies on the Mohs scale. The crystal structure (othorhombic, tetragonal, triclinic, isometric, monoclinic, or trigonal), will help identify the mineral. Different minerals have different densities and weights.
The mineral you are referring to is sulfate. Sulfate minerals contain a sulfate ion, which consists of a sulfur atom bonded to four oxygen atoms. Examples of sulfate minerals include gypsum (CaSO4·2H2O) and barite (BaSO4).
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Minerals are formed through a natural process and are all inorganic. All of them are also solid with a definite composition and structure.
Some minerals can have taste characteristics such as salty or bitter taste.
They aren't found in rocks and minerals.
Luster and composition are two characteristics used to classify minerals.
All minerals are inorganic, solid, have a crystalized structure and are formed in nature.
All minerals share five basic characteristics: they are naturally occurring, inorganic, solid, have a specific chemical composition, and possess a crystalline structure.
No, it is mineralogy!!
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Metamorphic is a group of rocks with similar characteristics. There are minerals in the rocks so they could be considered made of minerals but they are not minerals themselves.
All minerals share the following characteristics except organic origin, meaning minerals are inorganic substances, whereas organic materials derive from living organisms.
The eight characteristics used to classify minerals are color, streak, luster, cleavage, fracture, hardness, specific gravity, and crystal form. These properties help geologists identify and differentiate between different types of minerals based on their physical and chemical characteristics.