Translations:Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Nature/Rocks & Minerals/29/en
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d. Color
Color indicates the appearance of the mineral in reflected light (for opaque specimens) or transmitted light (for translucent specimens). In other words, it means just what you would think it means - what it looks like to the naked eye. Before noting the color of a specimen, it is important to clean it off.