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MINERALS
HARDNESS
LUSTRE
CLASSIFICATION OF MINERALS (COMPOSITION)
IRON ORE
hematite/oligist Piryte Magnetite
COPPER ORE
Calcopiryte malaquite azurite
ALUMINIUM ORE:
Bauxite
MERCURY ORE:
Cinnabar
LEAD ORE:
Galena
SILICATES:
Quartz talc orthoclase mica
White mica: muscovite
Black mica: biotite
MINERALS WITH METAL
MINERALS WITHOUT METAL
NON SILICATES:
Calcite gypsum halite fluorite
Aragonite
Polymorphism
Aragonite/Calcite
Diamond / graphite
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