A lustrous gathering
Keep collecting minerals, and after a while you start completing sets. I looked around my hoard not long ago and found examples of all the major mineral luster classes. So here's a set in the gallery of mineral lusters, ranging from metallic to dull.One of the lusters is problematic for me, though: the ultra-glassy, nearly metallic glitter called adamantine luster. It's like the color indigo in the rainbowis it really there, and if so, is it really useful? I'd feel that way even if I could photograph it, which I can't. Very few minerals display it, and it isn't diagnostic for any of those. Nevertheless, all the authorities mention adamantine luster, and so do I.
Metallic luster of chalcopyrite Geology Guide photo


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