Physical Geology
16th Edition
ISBN: 9781259916823
Author: Plummer, Charles C., CARLSON, Diane H., Hammersley, Lisa
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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Chapter 2, Problem 7TYK
Summary Introduction
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.
Introduction:
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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