mineral identification

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use this to study for the mineral identification part of the final

Last updated 9:45 PM on 3/22/23
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Olivine
* Scratches glass
* No streak (too hard)
* commonly pale to dark green\]
* Rock-forming
* Scratches glass
* No streak (too hard)
* commonly pale to dark green\]
* Rock-forming
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Calcite
* Cannot scratch glass
* Cannot be scratched with a fingernail or penny
* Reacts to HCL
* Has a white streak
* Cannot scratch glass
* Cannot be scratched with a fingernail or penny 
* Reacts to HCL
* Has a white streak
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Potassium feldspare
* Scratches glass
* No streak ( too hard )
* Scratches glass
* No streak ( too hard )
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Palgioclase feldspare
* Scratches glass
* no streak (too hard)
* may have striations
* Scratches glass 
* no streak (too hard)
* may have striations
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Quartz
* Scratches glass
* no streak
* Scratches glass
* no streak
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Galena
* Cannot scratch glass
* Cannot be scratched with fingernail or penny
* Is not magnetic
* Has a dark grey streak
* Cannot scratch glass
* Cannot be scratched with fingernail or penny
* Is not magnetic 
* Has a dark grey streak
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Pyrite
Pyrite
* scratches glass
* Has a Green-to- brown-black streak
* scratches glass
* Has a Green-to- brown-black streak