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Elements Of Electromagnetics

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A Mineral with a hardness of 7 appears in two different forms. One is a six sided barrel-shaped piece with a pyramid at its top, white in color, and transparent. The other is pink, translucent, has no smooth sides but instead has rounded fracture surfaces. What mineral would this be and how do you account for the greatly different appearances.

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The type of the mineral and how it is account for the greatly different appearances.

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The hardness of the mineral is $7$ .

The minerals has $2$ different forms.

One is a six sided barrel-shaped piece with a pyramid at its top, white in color, and transparent.

The other is pink, translucent, has no smooth sides but instead has rounded fracture surfaces.

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