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Suppose you have two minerals that have the same hardness. Which other mineral properties would you use to determine wether the samples are the same mineral?
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Suppose you have two minerals that have the same hardness. Which other mineral properties would you use to determine wether the samples are the same mineral?

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If you know the atomic number of either of the minerals that would help too.  It it is a salt, you can burn it and if they are the same colour they are the same, but different colours... well they would be different.
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