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If a substance is a mineral, how could you identify what type of mineral it is
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If a substance is a mineral, how could you identify what type of mineral it is

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There are many tests conducted to discover what type of a mineral something is. You could test it's color, whether it's magnetic or not, how it reacts to acids, scratching it against other materials to check its hardness, etc.
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