weight specific volume mineral effervescence involves dripping hydrochloric acid mineral test fizzing magnetism involves using magnet test magnetism taste minerals distinctive taste halite tastes like table salt smell minerals distinctive odor example sulfur smells like rotten eggs unlithified material geologists also study unlithified materials referred ' 'drift'' typically come recent deposits materials superficial deposits lie bedrock study often known quaternary geology quaternary period
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