Minerals

What mineral is known as "fools gold"?

• graphite
• quartz
• galena
• pyrite

What mineral can pick up a paperclip because of it's magnetic properties?

• galena
• graphite
• magnetite
• hematite

A mineral which contains a useful substance is call a/an?

• gem
• quarry
• ore
• rock

The color of a mineral in powder form is called?

• hardness
• specific gravity
• luster
• streak

How light reflects off of a mineral is called?

• luster
• streak
• cleavage
• fracture

Occurs when a mineral breaks along a smooth, flat surface

• cleavage
• fracture
• streak
• luster

Which mineral smells like rotten eggs?

• talc
• sulfer
• mica
• pyrite

A mineral's resistance to being scratched is called?

• streak
• luster
• hardness
• heft

Cubic Zirconium, a fake diamond, is not a mineral because?

• It is not inorganic
• It is not a solid
• It is man-made
• It doesn't look like a gem

The outward appearance of the atomic arrangement of elements in minerals is called?

• cleavage
• crystal
• hardness
• streak