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Biotite is one of the mica group of silicate minerals.

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What mineral is shiny and soft and separates easily into sheets and contains oxygen and silicon?

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What is ment by a meant by a mineral's hardness?

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What mineral is very easily scratched and found in the drywalls of a house?

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A measure of how easily a mineral is scratched?

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Hardness is a measure of how easily a mineral can be located?

no