Minerals Part 1

Question 1

SULFUR

Answer 1

Smells like rotten eggs

Bright yellow

Question 2

Graphite

Answer 2

Very soft

Writes

Question 3

Galena (PbS)

Answer 3

Shiny
Heavy
Matrix

Question 4

Sphalerite

Answer 4

Yellowish brown

Like dark glass countertop

Question 5

Chalcopyrite

Answer 5

Brass yellow

Rusty

Question 6

Pyrite

Answer 6

Granular

Fools gold

Question 7

Corundum

Answer 7

Hexagonal
Scratches glass
No streak

Question 8

Hematite

Non metallic

Answer 8

Earthy appearance

Does not affect glass

Question 9

Hematite

Metallic

Answer 9

Metallic
Steel to grey
Very sparkly

Question 10

Magnetite

Answer 10

Magnetic
Non metallic
Heavy

Question 11

Limonite

Answer 11

Craters
Mars looking
Rusty

Question 12

Halite (NaCl)

Answer 12

Dissolves

Salt

Question 13

Fluorite

Answer 13

Colorless with purple
Waxy looking
Triangular cleavage

Question 14

Calcite (CaC0 2)

Answer 14

Reacts to acid
Light colored
White, yellow
Full illusion

Question 15

Dolomite

Answer 15

Rhombohedral
Dark
El jorobado de notredam
Reacts to acid when powder

Question 16

Gypsum

Answer 16

Colorless to white
Looks like ice
Thin sheets

Question 17

Apatite 18

Answer 17

Does not scratch glass
Grey streak
No cleavage
Green with maroon (messy)

Question 18

Apatite (19)

Answer 18

Colorful
Green
Hexagonal crystals

Question 19

Olivine

Answer 19

Yellow
Dessert looking
Sandy

Question 20

Garnet

Answer 20

Red and black granular mix
No shape
Dark
Scratches glass

Question 21

Augite

Answer 21

Blocky
Rusty appearance
Non metallic
Scratches glass

Question 22

Hornblende

Answer 22

More reflective
Non metallic
Grey streak
Scratches glass

Question 23

Kaolinite (24)

Answer 23

Chalky

White

Question 24

Talc (25)

Answer 24

Pearl looking
No cleavage
Coral 
Not see through
Beige
Soft

Question 25

Muscovite (26)

Answer 25

One layer | Colorless to transparent

Question 26

Biotite

Answer 26

Dark color | One thin layer

Question 27

Quartz (28)

Answer 27

Colorless Crystal Hardness of 7

Question 28

Milky Quartz

Answer 28

White and colorless Conchoidal fracture Hardness of 7

Question 29

Rose quarts

Answer 29

Pink and see through

Question 30

Orthoclase (32)

Answer 30

Pink countertops | Mexican pink

Question 31

Plagioclase (33)

Answer 31

Marble | Slightly layered