only non metals are acidic, covalent bonding only occurs between nonmetals, metallic bonding between metals. If it is shiny it is most likely a metal except unless it is a diamond or silicon. Also you can tell on the Periodic Table
Basically just by looking at it. Is the mineral shiny and reflective? Then it's metallic. Is it more dull and not really reflective? Then it's non-metallic. Of course, it can be trickier than it sounds, but practice makes perfect.
metallic elements encompass group 1 and 2 as well as the entire d-block, f-block and all elements below Boron, Germanium, Antimony, Tellurium and Astatine on the periodic table.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodic_table
metallic elements have the tendency to lose their electrons
non metallic in contrast can gain electrons
metallic elements are placed in very earlier groups of periodic table.
non metallic elements in contrast have been placed far in periodic table.
the closer the elements are to element Fr (bottom left of periodic table) the more metallic that element is.
you can tell just by looking at it, if it looks shiny like metal then it metallic if it doesn't then it nonmetallic, but it can be tricky with mica.
It is impossible to tell just by looking at the element but you would need to look at a periodic table
Limestone is not a metal, it is a type of rock.
hematite can have both metallic and nonmetallic luster.
luster
When a mineral reflects light it can have a metallic a nonmetallic or a brilliant luster
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Limestone is not a metal, it is a type of rock.
hematite can have both metallic and nonmetallic luster.
a metallic mineral and nonmetallic mineral thankz ^^
luster
Metallic, sub metallic, and nonmetallic are properties of the mineral luster.
Halite is non-metallic. You can tell because any mineral that you can partially see through it is non-metallic . . . metallic are only minerals that look like metal.
When a mineral reflects light it can have a metallic a nonmetallic or a brilliant luster
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No. The classifications are metallic, submetallic, and nonmetallic.
Streak Test, because nonmetallic minerals typically streak colorless/white, and metallic minerals typically streaks dark/characteristic color.
Hermatite
Metallic minerals are minerals that have a metallic luster, making them very shiny. A few metallic minerals are Graphite, Galena, Magnetite, and Pyrite. The mineral Hematite can be metallic or nonmetallic