A mineral that is light colored, transparent, and fractures rather than cleaves is

A) garnet.
B) quartz.
C) biotite.
D) muscovite.
E) feldspar.


B) quartz.

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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