Chapter 2b-Physical Properties
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physical properties
     cleavage
cleavage definition
cleavage
different degrees of cleavage
how to identify minerals-cleavage
What is crystal cleavage?
video showing mineral cleavage (very good)
     crystal habits
What is crystal habit?
crystal habit-definition
diamond crystal habit
     color
color in minerals
     fluorescence
Fluorescent Mineral Society
shift between regular lighting vs. fluorescence
Ken's fluorescent minerals
fluorescent minerals-mineral galleries

                            fracture
What is fracture?
    hardness
mineral hardness
Mohs scale of hardness
     luster
What is luster?
mineral luster
definitions of different lusters
luster-volcano world
     magnetism
magnetic minerals
     overviews
physical properties of crystals
mineral physical properties
physical properties
physical properties-lecture
The physical characteristics of minerals (complete)
minerals by physical and optical properties
How are gemstones classified?
     radioactivity
atomic rocks
mineral properties-radioactivity
naturally radioactive minerals
radioactive minerals
radioactive fluorescent minerals
     specific gravity
density and specific gravity
density and specific gravity
metric density and specific gravity
What is specific gravity?
specific gravity-John Betts
specific gravity
     streak
What is streak? **
color and streak
streak test
color and streak-volcano world