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Given the properties of minerals, why can hydrochloric not be a mineral?

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Answer:

Quartz

Step-by-step explanation:

Quartz does not react with hydrochloric acid.

Its is pink in color and has anon metallic luster. It has a specific gravity of 2.65. Quartz is continuous framework of SiO4 , with each oxygen being shared with two tetrahedra, giving an overall chemical formula of SiO2.

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