A mineral cannot be organic. A mineral cannot be made by or composed of life forms.
When a mineral can scratch another mineral, it means that the mineral is harder than the mineral it can scratch. Hardness is a measure of a mineral's resistance to being scratched, with the Mohs scale commonly used to rank minerals based on their hardness.
The color of a mineral in powdered form is called the mineral's Streak
Biotite is definitely a mineral. It's in the same family as muscovite, another mineral in the mica family.
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True. In general, a mineral can scratch any mineral that is softer than itself according to Mohs Scale of Mineral Hardness. This means that a mineral with a higher number on the scale can scratch a mineral with a lower number.
It is a mineral.
Non mineral
mineral
it is mineral because it is our teasure
false a mineral can not scratch any mineral harder than itself
no is not a mineral
its not a mineral
When a mineral can scratch another mineral, it means that the mineral is harder than the mineral it can scratch. Hardness is a measure of a mineral's resistance to being scratched, with the Mohs scale commonly used to rank minerals based on their hardness.
It is an elemental mineral.
It is a mineral because have you ever heard of mineral water?
Olivine is a silicate mineral. Diamond is an elemental mineral. Pyrite is a sulfide mineral. Malachite is a carbonate mineral.
The hardest mineral is diamond, and the softest mineral is talc.