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streak plate

An unglazed piece of porcelain, such as a tile, used to test the characteristic streak of minerals by rubbing the mineral across the tile. Streak plates have a hardness of about 6.5 on the Mohs scale and cannot be used for testing harder minerals.
See streak.

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Nearby words

strayhorn, strays, strayve, streak, streak culture, streak plate, streaking, streaky, stream, stream capture, stream of consciousness
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