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What is a way a mineral appears?

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Mdsnstoddart

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11y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

Minerals appear in many different ways. Opaque minerals do not allow light to pass through them. Isotropic minerals allow light to pass through it the same way no matter how the mineral is held. Anisotropic minerals reflects light depending up how the grains lay.

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