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Identifying minerals

1. Quartz

To identify quartz, test the following properties:

a) hardness:
take a knife (h= 5,5) and make a scratch. If nothing happens, it’s probably quartz.
take a piece of glass and make a scratch on it. If there’s one, it’s quartz.

b) Fracture:
It has a conchoidal fracture (like water waves)

2. Granite
Igneous rock

Quartz

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