Table of Contents
- 1 Which mineral property describes how a mineral reflects light?
- 2 What is the property of mineral that show this characteristic?
- 3 What mineral can be drawn into wires?
- 4 What is true mineral color?
- 5 What is the term used to describe how a mineral reflect light from?
- 6 Which is the best description of a mineral?
- 7 Which is term refers to the way light interacts with the surface of a rock?
Which mineral property describes how a mineral reflects light?
Luster is the way that a mineral reflects light.
What is the property of mineral that show this characteristic?
Answer: i hope answer is hardness. Using Characteristics of Minerals to Identify Them. Most minerals can be characterized and classified by their unique physical properties: hardness, luster, color, streak, specific gravity, cleavage, fracture, and tenacity.
What mineral can reflects light?
quartz
Minerals such as quartz have a non-metallic luster. Luster is how the surface of a mineral reflects light. It is not the same thing as color, so it crucial to distinguish luster from color….Luster.
| Table 1. Six types of non-metallic luster. | |
|---|---|
| Luster | Appearance |
| Vitreous | Glassy |
What mineral can be drawn into wires?
Copper (Cu) is an extremely useful industrial metal that is ductile (capable of being drawn into wire), malleable (capable of being hammered and molded) and an excellent conductor of electricity (only silver is better). Copper is found in many minerals which occur in deposits large enough to mine.
What is true mineral color?
Most minerals, however, are usually white or colorless in a pure state. Many impurities can color these minerals and make their color variable. The property of streak often demonstrates the true or inherent color of a mineral.
What are the 5 examples of minerals?
Examples of minerals are feldspar, quartz, mica, halite, calcite, and amphibole. Examples of rocks are granite, basalt, sandstone, limestone, and schist.
What is the term used to describe how a mineral reflect light from?
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).
Which is the best description of a mineral?
MINERAL PROPERTIES: LUSTER. Luster describes how a mineral appears to reflects light, and how brilliant or dull the mineral is. The terms used to describe luster are: Metallic – Minerals with a metallic luster are opaque and reflective, like metal.
What are the properties of a luster mineral?
MINERAL PROPERTIES: LUSTER. Luster describes how a mineral appears to reflects light, and how brilliant or dull the mineral is. The terms used to describe luster are: Metallic (also known as splendent) Submetallic. Vitreous (also known as glassy)
Which is term refers to the way light interacts with the surface of a rock?
Which term refers to the way light interacts with the surface of a rock or mineral? cleavage- luster density hardness 2.What will happen in an area where large deposits of a desired mineral are found? Select the two correct 1.