MINERALS Article Abstract
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PROPERTIES OF MINERALS
1. Luster
2. Color
3. Transparency
4. Crystal Systems
5. Technical Crystal Habits
6. Descriptive Crystal Habits
7. Twinning
8. Cleavage
9. Fracture
10. Hardness
11. Specific Gravity
12. Associated Minerals
13. Notable Localities
Luster is the description of the way light interacts with the surface of the crystal.
Transparency (diaphaneity) is the function of the way light interacts with the surface of thje substance.
Crystallography is the study of crystals.
Crystal Habits is a description of the shapes and aggregates that certain mineral is likesly to form.
Crystal Cleavage is a smooth break producing what appears to be a flat surface.
Fracture is a description of the way a mineral tends to break.
Hardness is one measure of the strength of the structure of the mineral relative to the strength of its chemical bonds.
Specific Gravity is a measure of the density of a mineral
Streak is actually the color of the powder of the mineral.
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