The streak of a mineral is used for identifying what the mineral may be.
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Answer:
Streak of a mineral is used to identify a specific mineral.
Explanation:
Streak of a mineral is a color of a particular mineral in its powder form. Geologist carry out "Streak Test" to identify the mineral type by its color. Here's how:
For example: we have a mineral like Hematite which consists several different specimens in it and each specimen possess different colors like black, red, brown or silver. But all of these specimens gives a combined streak of reddish color which is a characteristic of Hematite Mineral.
