Identifying Minerals

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Identifying Minerals
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Luster

• The way a mineral reflects light. Minerals can be
  described as metallic, pearly, glassy, silky,
  greasy, brillant, or dull.

Talc, has a greasy luster
Diamond are brillant
Pyrite, or fools gold, has a metallic luster
Gypsum, has a pearly luster
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