Mineral 1.0: Mineral identification quiz

Mineral 1.0

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Known/experimental properties:
Habit: Prismatic crystals, very striated faces
Lustre: Vitreous, shining-pearly
Hardness: 7 - 7.5
Cleavage: Very indistinct
Fracture: Conchoidal
Streak: White to gray
Rxn w/ Acid: None
Magnetism: None
Specific Gravity: 3.0 - 3.2
Hint: Columnar crystals and vertical striations are characteristic, also has poor cleavage.



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Quartz (crystal)
Nepheline
Wollastonite
Tremolite

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