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Paolo wanted to identify a mineral. He rubbed a corner of the mineral across a white tile and recorded the color of the mark. What property was Paolo measuring?
Paolo was measuring the streak of the mineral. The streak is the color of the powder that a mineral leaves when it is scraped across a hard surface, such as a tile. This property can help identify the mineral, as the streak color may differ from the mineral's external color.
What is the Color of a mineral when crushed to a powder?
Different minerals have different colors, actually.
The property of a mineral that shows the color or powder is called?
The term for this that I've always heard is "streak".
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 are four characteristics of mineral which can be used to identify it?
Color, streak color, hardness, cleavage, and chemical.
What color streak does the mineral silica produce?
black/silver
What is the color of a mineral's powder?
It's called the minerals streak
What mineral has metalic luster silver color black streak and contains iron?
The mineral that fits the description provided is hematite. This mineral has a metallic luster, silver color, black streak, and contains iron. Hematite is commonly used as an iron ore and displays these characteristic properties.
The color of a mineral powder is its?
The streak of the mineral is the mineral's powder 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.
Is streak the color of powder?
Streak refers to the color of a mineral in powder form.
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.
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.
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.
The color of a minerals powder is its what?
The color of a mineral's powder is its streak. This is the color of the powdered form of the mineral when it is scraped against a hard surface. Streak is a more reliable indicator of a mineral's identity than its exterior color.
How do you determine a mineral’s streak?
The color of a mineral in powdered form is called the mineral's Streak
Is streak colour always the same?
No, streak color can vary depending on the mineral. Streak color is the color of the powdered form of a mineral, which may be different from the color of the mineral itself.
