Physical Geology
Physical Geology
15th Edition
ISBN: 9780078096105
Author: Charles (Carlos) C Plummer, Diane Carlson, Lisa Hammersley Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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The major difference between the pairs of olivine and pyroxene, calcite and quartz, mica and halite, and amphibole and hematite on the basis of physical properties.

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All substances are made up of atoms and these are the tiny particles which act as the basic unit of a particular substance. A naturally occurring, crystalline, inorganic solid that possesses a very specific type of chemical composition is defined as a mineral.

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