Minerals can be identified only by their chemical properties.

Hardness. The ability to resist being scratched—or hardness—is one of the most useful properties for identifying minerals. Hardness is determined by the ability of one mineral to scratch another.

-Streak is the least useful property for identification because it does not work for minerals with metallic lusters. -Density is the least useful property for identification because different specimens of the same type of mineral can vary in size.

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The Oldest Capital Cities in Asia

10 Richest Cities in India That You Must Visit

• Mumbai. Haven’s we all heard about the City of Dreams?
• Delhi. The next stop on our list is the capital of India, Delhi.
• Kolkata. The ‘City of Joy’ that was once the capital of colonial India, Kolkata!
• Bengaluru.
• Chennai.
• Hyderabad.
• Pune.
• Ahmedabad.

Peninsular Plateau

Top 10 Coldest Places to Visit in India

• Pahalgam.
• Gulmarg.
• Srinagar.
• Kupwara.
• Kokernag.
• Qazigund.
• Kalpa. Located by the banks of the Sutlej River, the tiny hamlet of Kalpa is in Himachal Pradesh.
• Banihal. Situated at a distance of 35 km from Qazigund in Jammu and Kashmir is the quaint little town of Banihal.

1. Dras – The Coldest Place in India. Dras is a lonely town in the infamous Kargil district of Jammu and Kashmir, popularly known as ‘The gateway to Ladakh’. Dras is the coldest place in India and often touted as second to the coldest place inhabited on Earth.

Titlagarh Apart from the Thar Desert, Titagarh is known to be one of the hottest places in India. Situated in the state of Odisha, this place receives considerable heat, especially during the summer season.

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Assab, a small port city in the Red Sea region of Eritrea, ranks as the hottest city in the world, according to climate data.

Death Valley, California According to the World Meteorological Organization’s Global Weather & Climate Extremes Archive, temperatures in Death Valley reached international extremes when they hit 134 degrees Fahrenheit in 1913 — the hottest temperature recorded anywhere in the world.

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But the driest non-polar spot on Earth is even more remarkable. There are places in Chile’s Atacama Desert where rain has never been recorded—and yet, there are hundreds of species of vascular plants growing there.

Both the countries are located close to the equator. Generally, Australia is hotter than India, but it is not noticed as much because of the lack of quantity of life that is affected in the central Australian desert.

So, here are the five of the coldest countries in the world!

• Antarctica. Antarctica is the most chilly continent known by the fact.
• Canada. The capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories, Yellowknife is a home to over 20,000 people.
• Kazakhstan.
• Mongolia.
• Russia.