Minerals Quiz

What mineral is known as "fools gold"?

• graphite
• quartz
• galena
• pyrite

What mineral is found in pencils? (You can write with it.)

• feldspar

• magnetite

• graphite

• kaolinite

The color of a mineral in powder form is called?

• hardness
• specific gravity
• luster
• streak

Occurs when a mineral breaks along a smooth, flat surface

• cleavage
• fracture
• streak
• luster

A mineral's resistance to being scratched is called?

• streak
• luster
• hardness
• heft

A naturally formed, inorganic solid with a crystalline structure 

• density
• streak
• mineral
• non silicate mineral

What are the two types of luster? 

• Metallic and Metallic
• Nonmetallic and Shiny
• Metallic and Nonmetallic
• Shiny and Dull

Using this scale, which mineral can scratch fluorite?

• Talc

• Gypsum

• Amphibole

• Calcite

The way a mineral breaks unevenly and unsmooth like refers to its ______ ,

• Cleavage
• Fracture
• Hardness
• Shatter

Which of these minerals is softer than glass?

• Topaz 
• Corundum 
• Calcite 
• Orthoclase