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Chapter 3 Section 2
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Color Luster Streak Cleavage & Fracture Hardness Density Special Properties
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Because of factors such as impurities, color usually is NOT the best way to identify a mineral The color of the powder of the mineral The way in which a mineral reflects light 3 kinds ( metallic, submetallic, nonmetallic)
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Clean The splitting of a mineral along smooth, flat surfaces Jagged The manner in which a mineral breaks along either curved or irregular surfaces Quartz
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A measure of the ability to resist scratching
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Fluorescence Chemical reaction Magnetism Taste Optical properties radioactivity The measure of how much matter is in a given amount of space.
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