PROPERTIES: Color Luster Diaphaneity Crystal Systems Technical Crystal Habits Descriptive Crystal Habits Twinning Cleavage Fracture Hardness Specific Gravity Streak Fluorescence Phosphorescence Triboluminescence Thermoluminescence Index of Refraction Birefringence Double Refraction Dispersion Pleochroism Asterism Chatoyancy Parting Striations radioactivity Magnetism Odor Feel Taste Solubility Electrical properties Reaction to acids Thermal properties Associated Minerals Notable Localities Phantoms Inclusions Pseudomorphs Meteoritic Minerals ANALCIME REALGAR CROCOITE TYUYAMUNITE MALACHITE TURQUOISE CAVANSITE AZURITE FLUORITE AMETHYST KAEMMERERITE BIXBYITE Color is the first thing someone notices when they view a mineral.
(Crystal Systems Technical Crystal Habits Descriptive Crystal Habits Twinning Cleavage Fracture Hardness Specific Gravity Streak Fluorescence Phosphorescence Triboluminescence Thermoluminescence Index of Refraction Birefringence Double Refraction Dispersion Pleochroism Asterism Chatoyancy Parting Striations radioactivity Magnetism Odor Feel Taste Solubility Electrical properties Reaction to acids Thermal properties Associated Minerals Notable Localities Phantoms Inclusions Pseudomorphs Meteoritic Minerals ANALCIME REALGAR CROCOITE TYUYAMUNITE MALACHITE TURQUOISE CAVANSITE AZURITE FLUORITE AMETHYST KAEMMERERITE BIXBYITE Color; is; the first thing someone notices) (the first thing; notices; T:when they view a mineral) (they; view; a mineral) (Refraction Dispersion Pleochroism Asterism Chatoyancy Parting; [is] Double [of]; Refraction Birefringence)
Crystal Systems Technical Crystal Habits Descriptive Crystal Habits Twinning Cleavage Fracture Hardness Specific Gravity Streak Fluorescence Phosphorescence Triboluminescence Thermoluminescence Index of Refraction Birefringence Double Refraction Dispersion Pleochroism Asterism Chatoyancy Parting Striations radioactivity Magnetism Odor Feel Taste Solubility Electrical properties Reaction to acids Thermal properties Associated Minerals Notable Localities Phantoms Inclusions Pseudomorphs Meteoritic Minerals ANALCIME REALGAR CROCOITE TYUYAMUNITE MALACHITE TURQUOISE CAVANSITE AZURITE FLUORITE AMETHYST KAEMMERERITE BIXBYITE Color the first thing they Refraction Dispersion Pleochroism Asterism Chatoyancy Parting
is notices view [is] Double [of]
the first thing someone notices
T:when they view a mineral
a mineral
Refraction Birefringence