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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