Question

What's a streak plate?

Answer 1

A piece of white unglazed porcelain on which to test the streak of a mineral.

Sorry!I;m not that good at explaining.

Answer 2

An unglazed piece of porcelain, 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.