streak plate

Noun

Meaning

streak plate (plural streak plates)

(mineralogy) The surface, usually made from unglazed porcelain, across which a mineral is dragged to determine its streak.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Inland Lapidary On the Mohs scale, a streak plate (unglazed porcelain ) has a hardness of 7.0. Source: Internet

The most common way of testing this property is done with a streak plate, which is made out of porcelain and coloured either white or black. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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