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metastable mineral
subject			fact

metastable mineral	is a kind of polymorphic mineral
	has definition a polymorphic mineral in a high energy state relative to room temperature and pressure
	has decay time
	has stable polymorph
polymorphic mineral	has polymorph
mineral	has color
	has alteration mineral
	is one of 4000 well-characterized minerals

Kinds of metastable mineral :

• coesite (2 facts)
• cristobalite (3 facts)
• diamond (7 facts)
• lonsdaleite (8 facts)
• majorite (6 facts)
• ringwoodite (6 facts)
• tridymite (3 facts)