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    Water, snowflakes, and tube ice are not considered minerals because minerals must have a definite crystalline structure and chemical composition, while water can exist in different physical states. Common mineral properties include luster, hardness, cleavage, color, streak, and specific gravity. Minerals are naturally occurring inorganic solids with specific crystalline structures and chemical makeups.

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    Water, snowflakes, and tube ice are not considered minerals because minerals must have a definite crystalline structure and chemical composition, while water can exist in different physical states. Common mineral properties include luster, hardness, cleavage, color, streak, and specific gravity. Minerals are naturally occurring inorganic solids with specific crystalline structures and chemical makeups.

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    Water, snowflakes, and tube ice are not considered minerals because minerals must have a definite crystalline structure and chemical composition, while water can exist in different physical states. Common mineral properties include luster, hardness, cleavage, color, streak, and specific gravity. Minerals are naturally occurring inorganic solids with specific crystalline structures and chemical makeups.

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    NATURAL
    INORGANIC
    SOLID WITH ORDERLY CRYSTALLINE
    STRUCTURE
    DEFINITE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
    Do you consider water a mineral?

    Snowflakes?
    Tube ice?
    TABLE SALT
    Mineral Property
    Luster - it is the quality and intensity of
    reflected light exhibited by the mineral
    Mineral Property
    Hardness – it is a measure of the resistance of a
    mineral (not specifically surface) to abrasion.
    Mineral Property
    Cleavage – the property of some minerals to
    break along specific planes of weakness to form
    smooth, flat surfaces
    Mineral Property
    Color
    Examples of coloring: quartz can be pink (rose
    quartz), purple (amethyst), orange (citrine),
    white (colorless quartz) etc.
    Mineral Property
    Streak - is the mineral’s color in powdered
    form.
    Mineral Property
    Specific Gravity – the ratio of the density of the
    mineral and the density of water
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    Minerals Uses

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