How to tell crystalline from amorphous on touch?

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Apologies if this is a stupid question, my basics are really weak. We have Inorganic Qualitative Analysis in our chemistry syllabus and I have somehow never been able to figure out if a substance is crystalline or amorphous. They both feel so ... powdery.
 
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