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NHMS Minerals Quiz

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

George Gabriel Stokes discovered which of these minerals?

a)

Green Fluorite

b)

Quartz

c)

Metamorphic Rock

d)

Topaz

2.

Where is this mineral found?

a)

Utah

b)

New Mexico

c)

Chile

d)

California

3.

Which mineral was found in 1635?

a)

Amethyst

b)

Malachite

c)

Quartz

d)

Topaz

4.

This mineral got its name due to the azure-blue color

a)

topaz

b)

kyanite

c)

azurite

d)

sodalite

5.

This mineral was named after German mineralogist Johann Fuchs

a)

Amber

b)

Feldspar

c)

Elbaite

d)

Fuchsite

6.

What would come next according to the hardness scale? (Talc, Gypsum, Calcite, Fluorite, ___________)

a)

Kyanite

b)

Diamond

c)

Topaz

d)

Feldspar

7.

This mineral is considered to have a royal color.

a)

Quartz

b)

Topaz

c)

Amethyst

d)

Fluorite

8.

Regular Pepto-Bismol's main ingredient is this

a)

Bismuth

b)

Petrified Wood

c)

Feldspar

d)

Calcite

9.

This mineral is essentially known as fools gold.

a)

Muscovite

b)

Gold

c)

Quartz

d)

Pyrite

10.

What is Florida's state rock

a)

Zircon

b)

Agatized Coral Fossil

c)

Ilmenite

d)

Rutile

11.

This mineral is a fossil

a)

Petrified Wood

b)

Gypsum

c)

Hemitite

d)

Biotite

12.

Which is a mix of two different minerals?

a)

Geode

b)

Agate-Geode with amethyst

c)

Talc

d)

Bismuth