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You can tell if a mineral is a mineral by its characteristics:

*color

*luster

*streak

*hardness

*cleavage/fracture

*crystalline structure

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because they do popo in the rock and then thet smell it and they eat it

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There are several ways to tell one mineral from another, such as the color and shape, but these can be deceiving. Mineralogists use the acid test in telling minerals apart.

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