In the past few days in science, your view of minerals has likely changed. You've discovered that there are many different classes/types of minerals -- each with a unique set of properties that allows us to identify one mineral from another.
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- Minerals are identified by their properties. What are some of the properties you used to distinguish one mineral from another? Why is it best to use more than just one or two of these properties?
- Did some of the properties "work" better than others? Which ones were the most effective? Which were the least effective? Explain.
- What was the most difficult part of identifying minerals?
- How many minerals (of the 17) did you identify correctly?
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