Luster is a characteristic of minerals that gives them a distinct appearance. Which kind of luster gives minerals a shiny appearance?

Metallic luster is defined as a physical property of a metal that produces a bright and shiny polished surface due to the reflection of light from the surface of the metal. Some of the minerals that exhibit metallic luster are silver, copper, and gold.

This metallic luster occurs because of the motion of the free electrons within the metal and as light strikes them it gets reflected. This reflection of light produces this shiny metallic type of luster.

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Answer:

Metallic lusture

Explanation:

All metals have shiny appearance which is a distinctive characteristic. Metals of all types have lot of free electrons that constitute moving negatively charged electron cloud beneath the surface layer.

When light strike with the surface of metals, it get reflected as EM waves with in the visible region due to which normal surface looks shiny.

This luster in metals is termed as metallic luster