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Mineral Identification. Identify A Mineral Physical Properties Hardness How easily it can be scratched Mohs Scale Luster Way it reflects light Metallic.

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1 Mineral Identification

2 Identify A Mineral Physical Properties Hardness How easily it can be scratched Mohs Scale Luster Way it reflects light Metallic or nonmetallic

3 Mohs scale

4 Identify A Mineral Specific Gravity The ratio of a mineral’s weight compared to the weight of an equal volume of water Streak The color of a mineral when it is in powdered form Depends on the softness of the mineral

5 Identify A Mineral Cleavage Minerals that break along smooth flat surfaces Mica Fracture Minerals that break with uneven (not planar) surfaces Quartz Other Magnetite – magnetic Calcite – light in 2 rays, fizzes with HCl acid

6 Regents LINKLINK Online Mineral ID labID

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