Take the NHMS Mineral Quiz!

Which mineral, in 1852, was used to discover the property fluorescence, and had the property named after it?

• Kyanite

• Fuchsite (Green Muscovite)

• Green Fluorite

• Amethyst

The outer skin of the Statue of Liberty is made of which mineral?

• Pyrite

• Copper

• Green Fluorite

• Fuchsite (Green Muscovite)

Which of following mineral’s name means "mallow green stone"?

• Fuchsite (Green Muscovite)

• Green Fluorite

• Bismuth

• Malachite

If you put these minerals in order hardest to softest, which one would be last?

• Azurite

• Kyanite

• Amethyst

• Pyrite

Which mineral was discovered by Johann Nepomuk von Fuchs

• Green Fluorite

• Agatized Fossil Coral

• Fuchsite (Green Muscovite)

• Pyrite

Which mineral is usually blue, but can be gray, white, and green, has a white streak, and rates a 4.5 on the hardness scale along its length, and a 7 on its width?

• Bismuth

• Kyanite

• Pyrite

• Amethyst

What is the birthstone for the month February?

• Azurite

• Bismuth

• Copper

• Amethyst

What mineral has the atomic number 83 on the Periodic Tables of Elements?

• Bismuth

• Agate Geode with Amethyst

• Copper

• Pyrite

Which mineral’s name comes from a Greek word meaning “stone which strikes fire”?

• Agatized Fossil Coral

• Pyrite

• Petrified Wood

• Copper

Which mineral is the Florida state stone?

• Petrified Wood

• Kyanite

• Agatized Fossil Coral

• Malachite