General Information:
Chemical Formula:H2O
Composition:(Molecular Weight = 18.02 gm)Hydrogen 11.19 %
H Oxygen 88.81 %
O
Empirical Formula: ·(H2O)
Environment:Cold weather as snow crystals, coating ponds, glaciers, and icebergs.
Locality:World wide.
Physical Properties:
Cleavage:None
Color:colorless, pale blue, greenish blue, or white.
Density:0.99
Diaphaniety:Transparent
Habits:Massive - Granular - Common texture observed in granite and other igneous rock., Crystalline - Coarse - Occurs as well-formed coarse sized crystals., Dendritic - Branching "tree-like" growths of great complexity (e.g. pyrol
Hardness:2.5 - Finger Nail
Luminescence:Non-fluorescent.
Luster:Vitreous - Dull
Streak:white
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