Minerals 2

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 is a living object

• True
• False

Yellow or red, nonmetallic, brittle, hardness of 2-3, has an odor

• sulfur
• kaolinite
• kyanite
• talc

Metallic to earthy gray, hardness of 1-2, unclear cleavage, writes on paper

• graphite
• galena
• pyrite
• hematite

The mineral in the picture has a ____________ luster.

• Nonmetallic
• Metallic
• Pearly
• Earthy

Daisy has a galena. She describes it as cubic, gray, metallic, and opaque. Which term describes galena's luster?

• cubic

• gray

• metallic

• opaque

If Minnie runs 2 minerals along a streak plate, what should she observe to compare the minerals?

• whether the powder is dull or shiny

• whether the rock scratched the plate

• the color of the line on the plate

• the shape of the powder crystals

Minerals are made up of one or more ____________________.

• structures

• elements

• rocks

What is the hardest mineral on the Moh's Hardness Scale?

• Talc
• Gypsum
• Diamond
• Calcite