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Color is not the best way to identify a mineral, why?

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BECAUSE IT DOESN'T DEFINE THE ROCK PROPERLY.

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Generally, color alone is not the best tool in identification because color can be highly variable. Some minerals can occur in a variety of different colors due to impurities in the chemical makeup of the mineral.

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