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What are facts about luster?
The Luster of a mineral is it's appearance in the light. Also there are two types of Luster, metallic and nonmetallic.
Explain how to identify a mineral using color luster streak hardness cleavage fracture?
Luster is the light reflection a mineral has, which can be broken down into categories like metallic, silky, and dull. The luster dictates what type of mineral it is.
What reflect light off a mineral?
Luster
What term is not used to describe a mineral luster?
Hexagonal
What characteristic of a mineral does the term luster describe?
A waxy luster gives minerals a shiny appearance.
What mineral has a plastic luster?
luster
What is luster of a mineral?
It is the shine of the mineral.
What is the. Luster of a mineral?
It is the shine of the mineral.
What is the term for the way a mineral reflects light?
The term for the way a mineral reflects light is known as its "luster." Luster describes how light interacts with the surface of a mineral, with terms such as metallic, vitreous, pearly, or dull used to categorize the type of luster a mineral possesses.
What refers to the way light reflects from the surface from the surface of a mineral?
luster
What is a word that means shiny luster?
If a mineral has a shiny luster, is it matallicIf a mineral has no shiny luster, is it nonmetallic?
What is the luster?
Luster is the way a mineral reflects light.
Silky greasy glassy and pearly refer to a mineral's .?
These words indicate the luster of a mineral.
What is the ability of mineral appears when it reflects light?
The ability of a mineral to reflect light is known as its luster. Luster is a fundamental property used in mineral identification and classification. Minerals can exhibit various types of luster, such as metallic, vitreous (glassy), pearly, resinous, or dull, depending on their chemical composition and crystal structure. By observing the luster of a mineral, geologists can gather valuable information about its physical and chemical characteristics.
What term describes how a mineral shines?
The term that describes how a mineral shines is luster. Luster refers to the way light reflects off the surface of a mineral, and there are different types of luster such as metallic, vitreous (glassy), pearly, and earthy.
What do we mean by luster?
Luster describes how shiny or opaque a mineral is.
The amount of shine a mineral has describes its what?
Its called Luster. :/
