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stable mineral
subject			fact

stable mineral	is a kind of polymorphic mineral
	has definition a polymorphic mineral with the lowest possible energy state relative to room temperature and pressure
	has metastable polymorph
polymorphic mineral	has polymorph
mineral	has color
	has alteration mineral
	is one of 4000 well-characterized minerals

Kinds of stable mineral :

• graphite (5 facts)
• olivine (5 kinds, 8 facts)
• orthopyroxene (3 facts)
• quartz (7 facts)