Diamonds
Are diamonds valuable?
Yes
What type of crystal is easiest to acquire?
Ice crystals!
What is the hardest mineral?
Diamond
What is a pseudomorph?
a gem that used to be another gem, but turned into a different type of mineral while retaining its original shape
What are the three commonly known precious metals?
Gold, silver and platinum
What happens if you put some diamonds under UV light?
They fluoresce
What type of mineral is amethyst in crystal form?
Quartz!
What is the softest mineral?
Talc
What mineral did an opal pineapple used to be?
glauberite
what are the latin names for gold and silver?
Aurum and Argent
What diamonds are illegal to own?
Conflict diamonds
What is the most common crystal?
QUARTZ!
What is slightly softer than diamond?
Corundum
What type of pseudomorph can be found in PA or MD?
limonite after pyrite
What is one of the rarest metals?
Rhonium
Where do most of diamonds come from?
Africa and Russia
Which blue and purple gem is rarer than diamonds?
Tanzanite
What is 4 on the mohs scale?
Fluorite
What are three rare pseudomorphs?
Talc after quartz, boulangerite after ilvaite, hematite after almandine granite
Silver bromide
What is the rarest type of diamond?
Red Diamond
What are the two rarest gems/crystals in the world?
Taaffeite and painite
Topaz, corundum, and diamond
Can you eat pyrite?
No
What metal absorbs up to 900 times it's own volume?
Palladium