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What characteristic of a mineral does the term luster describe?
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A waxy luster gives minerals a shiny appearance.
Gudrun Cremin
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What term is not used to describe a mineral luster?
Hexagonal
The term used to describe the motion of a planet?
A better approach is to try to make more general the characteristic of a body to resist change in motion. The characteristic is called inertia. kinematics
Which term has nothing to do with the mineral calcite?
Coquina
What are the characteristic that define a mineral?
Nutritionists use the term macromineral to describe the minerals your body needs in large amounts, such as calcium and magnesium. Minerals needed in only small amounts, generally less than 20 milligrams per day, are called trace minerals.Iron, Zinc, Manganese, Copper, Fluoride, Molybdenum, Iodine, Chromium and Selenium are trace minerals.
What is the term used to describe the study of ecosystems and how they work?
ecology
What term is not used to describe a mineral luster?
Hexagonal
Is luster a characteristic of a rock?
In geology, luster refers to the appearance of a mineral in respect to the reflection of light. Luster is not a term used to define the appearance of rock.
What is the luster of gabbro?
As a rock, gabbro does not have a luster. Luster is a term used to characterize a mineral.
What do the term that describes how a mineral reflects light from its surface?
This is called the luster of the mineral.The luster of a mineral is the way its surface reflects light. Most terms used to describe luster are self-explanatory: metallic, earthy, waxy, greasy, vitreous (glassy), adamantine (or brilliant, as in a faceted diamond).
What term describes how a mineral shines?
luster
What is the term for the way a mineral reflects light?
That would be the degree of luster.
What is a luster rock?
The luster (or lustre) of a rock is a description of the way light interacts with the surface of a crystal, rock, or mineral. The term is also used to describe other items with a particular sheen.
What is the term that describes how a mineral reflect light from its surface?
luster
Is sulfer luster?
"Luster" is a term used to characterize a mineral(Reflection of a light). Sulfur Lustre or luster is Adamantine on on crystal faces,glimmering on fracture surfaces!
What term refers to the characteristic shape of a mineral crystal?
habit
The term used to describe how A mineral reflect light from it surface?
The term used to describe ' how a mineral reflect light from its surface ' is Lustre .
What geometrical term is used to describe this characteristic?
symmetry
