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Why can you determine the identity of a mineral by showing what it cannot be?
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Why is oxygen teeth and honey not a mineral?
A mineral must follow a certain criteria. It has to be naturally occurring, generally inorganic homogeneous solid with a crystalline structure and a definite (but not fixed) chemical composition. Water cannot be a mineral because it is a liquid. Honey cannot be a mineral because it is a liquid and is organic Oxygen cannot be a mineral because it is a gas. Teeth cannot be a mineral they are organic. Ice, however, can be a mineral if it is formed naturally. Ice forming on your windshield is a mineral but ice from an ice cube tray is not a mineral.
What kind of mineral leaves a greenish-black streak and cannot be scratched by fluorite?
Pyrite
Which is an example if a mineral whose streak cannot be determined with a porcelin streak plate?
Hematite, gold, feldspar or magnetite
What mineral property cannot be used to identify a mineral?
Mass
What is mineral water?
Mineral water is rain water that fell as distilled water, then drained into the ground where it dissolved out some of the minerals that are in the rocks. i.e. it became "mineralised" or polluted by, or contaminated by the ground minerals present in that area which can include poisons such as arsnic and cadmium. All bottelled mineral water should be checked for toxicity, read the label. You cannot beat rain water for drinking.
What can a mineral not be?
A mineral cannot be organic. A mineral cannot be made by or composed of life forms.
What mineral properties cannot be used to identify a mineral?
The color, luster, and crystal shape of a mineral may be observed just by looking at the mineral. Some minerals have very distinctive colors that help identify them. Although the color of a mineral can give away its identity, color is the least useful property for mineral identification.
How will you determine the age of rock and mineral by carbon dating?
You cannot use carbon dating to determine the age of rocks and minerals. Carbon dating only works on samples of once living materials.
What can minerals not be?
A mineral cannot be organic. A mineral cannot be made by or composed of life forms.
Mineral properties cannot be used to identify a mineral?
Mass
Why is oxygen teeth and honey not a mineral?
A mineral must follow a certain criteria. It has to be naturally occurring, generally inorganic homogeneous solid with a crystalline structure and a definite (but not fixed) chemical composition. Water cannot be a mineral because it is a liquid. Honey cannot be a mineral because it is a liquid and is organic Oxygen cannot be a mineral because it is a gas. Teeth cannot be a mineral they are organic. Ice, however, can be a mineral if it is formed naturally. Ice forming on your windshield is a mineral but ice from an ice cube tray is not a mineral.
What mineral cannot resist scratching by any other mineral?
This is diamond.
Which mineral cannot scratch any mineral by itself?
Diamond is the hardest naturally occurring mineral and can scratch all other minerals. Talc is the softest of minerals and cannot scratch any other mineral.
How can minerals be identifyed?
There are many factors to consider when identifying minerals. However, one factor cannot be used solely to determine the type of mineral. Geologists check for color, streak, hardness, cleavage, specific gravity, and crystal form and mineral habit.
Why is water and oxygen honey and teeth not a mineral?
A mineral must follow a certain criteria. It has to be naturally occurring, generally inorganic homogeneous solid with a crystalline structure and a definite (but not fixed) chemical composition. Water cannot be a mineral because it is a liquid. Honey cannot be a mineral because it is a liquid and is organic Oxygen cannot be a mineral because it is a gas. Teeth cannot be a mineral they are organic. Ice, however, can be a mineral if it is formed naturally. Ice forming on your windshield is a mineral but ice from an ice cube tray is not a mineral.
How does government affect your identity?
It can effect identity by anything it controls what u can and cannot do so therefore, it does.
What mineral cannot be scratched by another mineral?
A diamond. Actually, a diamond can be scratched my other minerals.
