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What do we mean when we refer to a mineral's tenacity? List three terms that describe tenacity.

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Mineral resistance to deformation, e.g cutting, and bending, is described with tenacity\textbf{tenacity}. Some terms used to describe it are: brittle\textit{brittle}, malleable\textit{malleable}, sectile\textit{sectile}, elastic\textit{elastic}.

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