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Opals are not truly minerals (because they don't have a crystalline structure), they are in a class called mineraloid. A mineraloid is an amophous, inorganics substance that lacks a crystalline structure, but are mineral in nature. You will find that in many older reference systems, they may well be classed as minerals.
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Is turquoise cleavage or fracture?
Apatite is a mineral that comes is blues, greens, browns, yellows and clear. It has a weak cleavage and a choncoidal fracture.
What is salts mineral group?
The halide mineral group.
What mineral group is the mineral Valentinite in?
Oxides and Hydroxides
What is quartz's mineral group?
Quartz is an Oxide Mineral.
The most common mineral group contains minerals?
Silicates are the most common mineral group.
Is turquoise apart of a mineral group or mineral class?
Turquoise is a member of the turquoise group and is classed as a phosphate. Phosphates are a class of minerals that is part of a large and diverse group of minerals.
What is a slogan for turquoise mineral?
rejoice for turquoise
What kind of chemical compound is turquoise?
Turquoise is a mineral.
What are the mineral groups to to turquoise?
Turquoise is a member of the phosphates group. The turquoise group is composed of five minerals, all phosphates, plus or minus iron, aluminum, copper, and zinc: Ahelite, Chalcosiderite, Faustite, Planerite, and Turquoise.
What is a calaite?
A calaite is a turquoise mineral.
What is New Mexico's state mineral?
Turquoise.
What is the fracture of the turquoise mineral?
The fracture of aquamarine is cleavage.
What is a green mineral that contains copper?
Turquoise. Malachite.
Is turquoise cleavage or fracture?
Apatite is a mineral that comes is blues, greens, browns, yellows and clear. It has a weak cleavage and a choncoidal fracture.
What is turquoises?
turquoise is a mineral that is used in jewelry paints pigments.....
What gives the mineral turquoise its distinctive color?
Traces of copper
What is the difference between light blue and turquoise?
Turquoise is a greenish-blue mineral, whereas light blue is just blue diluted with white. Basically, turquoise is light blue with a bit of green added.
