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How can mineral composition affect a rocks color?
No. It can vary from the visible color of the mineral and, since visible color of them ineral is not a reliable indicator of type, it is important to learn to use streak, (along with other factors), to correctly identify a mineral.
Is color a useful property when trying to identify a mineral?
no, because the same mineral can be more than one color.
Which mineral properties are most useful for identification?
Hardness and streak color are very important. The color of the mineral helps some, as well.
What is streak pattern?
then a mark is left on a mineral and is presentable!
What property is used to identify minerals uses the color of the mineral when it's broken up?
StreakColor of the mineral when it is powdered.Grind a small amount of a mineral into a powder on a porcelain streak plate and determine the color of the powder.
What is the color of the mark made when a mineral sample is rubbed on a harder surface?
The mark is called a streak and the color depends on what mineral you are testing.
What is a mineral's streak?
The color the mineral makes on a hard surface
What is mineral's streak?
The color the mineral makes on a hard surface
What is the name of the mark a mineral makes?
Streak. The 6 properties of minerals are streak, hardness, crystal form, color, cleavage/fracture, and luster. Hope that can answer your question:)
What mineral makes the color blue?
It depends on what you mean by mineral. A mineral is a 'wide range' term. The only one I know of is Alexandrite, but that is a color-changing mineral, not exactly blue all of the time.
What makes sulfur rock yellow?
It's just the mineral's natural color.
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.
The color of a mineral powder is its?
The streak of the mineral is the mineral's powder color
What is the difference between color and streak in minerals?
Color is the observable color of a mineral specimen in natural light. Streak is the color of a mineral when powdered. The color of a specific mineral specimen may be different than its streak color. Because many impurities can alter the color of a mineral, but not the streak, streak is a more accurate predictor in mineral identification.
How do you determine a mineral’s streak?
The color of a mineral in powdered form is called the mineral's Streak
How do mineral crystals get their color?
Different minerals color clear crystal. Iron oxides make reds and oranges, copper makes blues and greens .
What is the color of mineral's powder called?
there is no name for the color, but there is the "streak" of a mineral, meaning the color of its streak.
