why do different minerals have different shapes and colours
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The same mineral can come in a variety of colors. Minerals may be one color in their purist form, but if they have any kind of impurities their color can change. This is why you color isn't a good way to identify a mineral. Tanzanite is the blue-purple form of Zoisite.
because they contain different elements