Brittle
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A brittle mineral is easily broken into a powder by cutting or hammering. Chesterman, p. 32
Sources
- Chesterman, Charles W. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals, Alfred A. Knopf: New York (1987)