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Why do mineral have different properties?
The physical properties of minerals are related to their chemical composition and bonding. Some characteristics, such as a mineral’s hardness, are more useful for mineral identification. Color is readily observable and certainly obvious, but it is usually less reliable than other physical properties.
What are the properties of minerals and explain each properties?
Most minerals can be characterized and classified by their unique physical properties: hardness, luster, color, streak, specific gravity, cleavage, fracture, and tenacity.
What do all the properties of a mineral depend on?
Cleavage or the characteristic way a mineral breaks depends on the crystal structure of the mineral. Some minerals have special properties that can be used to help identify them.
What makes minerals different from each other?
A mineral can be made of an element or a compound. Its chemical composition is different from other minerals. Each type of mineral has physical properties that differ from others. These properties include crystal structure, hardness, density, and color.
What properties of that mineral make it important in creating the item?
Mineral Properties
- Chemistry. The elements within minerals give those minerals distinct and useful properties.
- Hardness.
- Color.
- Specific gravity.
- Behavior of light in the crystal.
- Crystal shape and cleavage are determined by the nature of the crystalline structure.
- Solubility.
- Magnetism.
What are the properties of a mineral?
Minerals can be identified by their color, luster, streak, cleavage, hardness, and even by their chemical composition. Using these properties is one way a Geologist defines and identifies what kind of mineral a specimen is.
What are minerals and why do we need to know the different properties of minerals on Earth?
Minerals are classified on the basis of their chemical composition, which is expressed in their physical properties. This module, the second in a series on minerals, describes the physical properties that are commonly used to identify minerals. These include color, crystal form, hardness, density, luster, and cleavage.