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What very specific property of mineral calcite allows geologists to quickly identify it in a mixture of other colorless minerals
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What very specific property of mineral calcite allows geologists to quickly identify it in a mixture of other colorless minerals
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Calcite is easy to identify even without testing the reaction to HCl, by its hardness, luster and cleavage. Another special property is magnetism
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