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It means the color of a minerals powder. When you rub a mineral against a piece of unglazed porcelain tile, the minerals powder is left behind, although the powder's color may seem a little bit lighter than the mineral's color..............

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Does A minerals ability to reflect light refer to streak?

No, a mineral's ability to reflect light does not refer to streak. Streak is the color of the powder left by a mineral when it is scraped across a rough surface. The ability of a mineral to reflect light is usually related to its luster, which describes how light interacts with the mineral's surface.


What mineral leaves a colorless streak?

The mineral Quartz leaves a colorless streak.


The color of a mineral powder is its?

The streak of the mineral is the mineral's powder color


What happens if you rub the mineral across a streak plate but the mineral does not leave a streak?

The lack of a streak would indicate that the mineral is harder than the streak plate, or the color of the streak is the same as the color of the streak plate.


How do you determine a mineral’s streak?

The color of a mineral in powdered form is called the mineral's Streak


What is the streak color of the mineral calcite?

Streak is the color of a crushed mineral's powder. The color of a mineral's powder may differ from the actual color of the mineral. This property can be useful for mineral identification.Almost every mineral has an inherent streak color, no matter what color the actual mineral is.


What is the purpose of the plate?

A streak plate is used to determine the streak colour of a mineral. You take the mineral and scratch it against the streak plate, and it will create a coloured streak on the plate. The streak is not always the same colour as the mineral itself.


Would the hardness of a mineral affects its performance in the streak test why or why not?

No, the hardness of a mineral does not affect its performance in the streak test. The streak test measures the color of the powdered form of a mineral when it is scratched against a streak plate, regardless of the mineral's hardness.


What is used to find the streak of a mineral?

The streak of a mineral refers to the color left on a streak plate after rubbing a mineral across its surface. A streak plate can be as simple as the unglazed side of a porcelain tile. The streak is the mineral in a powdered form from abrasion with the hard, slightly textured surface of the unglazed porcelain streak plate. The streak color may differ from the color observed in a specimen. The streak is used as an aid in the identification of minerals.


What do you call a color of a mineral's powder found by scratching the mineral on a white tile?

The color of a mineral's powder found by scratching the mineral on a white tile is referred to as the mineral's streak color.


What is the streak color for the mineral calcium?

The streak color of the mineral calcium is white.


How do you determine minerals streak?

The color of a mineral in powdered form is called the mineral's Streak