The term for this that I've always heard is "streak".
The mineral with a silky luster that is used in baby powder is talc. Baby powder also contains a mixture of magnesium.
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.
a dry powder
Different minerals have different colors, actually.
The powder indicates the true color of the mineral and is an aid in mineral identification. That can also be called a streak.
what is the color of the powder called that a mineral leaves when scratched across a special plate
there is no name for the color, but there is the "streak" of a mineral, meaning the color of its streak.
It is called a mineral streak.
The streak of the mineral is the mineral's powder color
When you rub a mineral on a tile it is called streaking a mineral. The line that is left is called the streak, and the tile itself is called a streaking plate.
No, that is called the streak of a mineral.
The color of a mineral in powdered form is called the streak color.
It's called the minerals streak
The powder indicates the true color of the mineral and mineral identification. That is also known as streak.
The powder indicates the true color of the mineral and is an aid in mineral identification. That can also be called a streak.
It is called the streak test. It can help identify the mineral by the color of the streak that is left.