Here you will find out useful information about rocks and minerals, there composition, where they are most likely found around the world and what they are used for in everyday life! Just click on the question and read the material presented to you.  Enjoy the search.........
 
 

1. Who was the creator and inventor of the first classification scale for rocks?
 

2. Where is the best place to collect minerals? Name the types of collecting areas collectors use.
 

3. Name 3 ways to identify mineral characteristics?
 

4. Is all gold real?
 

5. Name at least four ways to sort minerals by streaking.
 

6. Minerals come in a variety of colors.  What rocks are classified as colorless?
 

7. What is the highest number on the hardness scale? What is the hardness of a diamond? gold? and silver?
 

8. By the way...what is the difference between a rock and a mineral?
 

9. Name two uses of Silver? What is its chemical composition?
 

10. What is luster? State two examples.
 
 
 

****BONUS: What is another name for gold? Its hardness, true color, luster and streak?