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Can metals be lustrous while nonmetals are not lustrous?

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It is a characteristic or you can say, property of metals that - they are LUSTROUS in nature whereas on the other hand, non-metals possess the property that - they are NON - LUSTROUS in nature.

Thus, metals can be lustrous and non-metals cannot be lustrous in nature(except iodine, which is a non-metal, but is lustrous in nature).

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