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It is of reference significance to identify what is a mineral by color.

The color of minerals is the manifestation of selective absorption of light by minerals.

According to color reasons, it can be divided into natural color, other color and false color.

Self-color is the color determined by the inherent composition and structure of the mineral itself, which is of discriminating significance. Other colors are caused by minerals mixed with some impurities, and false colors are caused by the refraction and scattering of light by cracks in minerals or surface oxide films.