Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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Often referred to as fool's gold. | Pyrite | 96%
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A variety of beryl that is often green to colorless. The birthstone for May. | Emerald | 92%
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A violet variety of quartz. The birthstone for February. | Amethyst | 88%
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A carbon mineral with a Mohs hardness of 10. | Diamond | 88%
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A pink to crimson gemstone, a variety of corundum. Sometimes used in electronics. | Ruby | 88%
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A typically blue gemstone, a variety of corundum. Sometimes used in lasers. | Sapphire | 88%
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A yellow, often smelly mineral. One of the only minerals found in its pure form in nature. | Sulfur | 85%
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A hard crystalline mineral, which comes in many properties. Often used in electric watches due to its vibrating properties when a current runs through it. | Quartz | 69%
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A clay mineral that is famously soft, being the defining mineral for the index of 1 on the Mohs hardness scale. | Talc | 69%
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A feldspar mineral that displays a pearly and opalescent luster. Some believe it looks similar to the moon. | Moonstone | 58%
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Famous for its carcinogenic properties and also its fireproof capabilities, but lesser-known as the mineral that the famous tiger's eye is made of. | Asbestos | 50%
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A common iron oxide, often mined to collect Iron metal. Known to be abundant in at least two sites on Mars. | Hematite | 50%
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A mineral responsible for sparkles on many rocks. Used to be used in window glass. | Mica | 50%
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A yellow-to-brown variety of quartz. There is a superstition that this stone brings prosperity. | Citrine | 46%
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A light blue, opaque mineral with a waxy luster. Often porous in its natural form. | Turquoise | 38%
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A metallic mineral famous for its brilliant blue it offers in glass and dyes. It is used in invisible ink. | Cobalt | 31%
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A silicate mineral that appears most commonly brown, but also blue, orange, yellow, and pink. In medieval times it was believed that this stone cured lunacy. | Topaz | 31%
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A silicate mineral that has varieties of almost every color. | Tourmaline | 27%
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Often used as a birthstone for June instead of pearl, since pearl isn't a mineral. | Alexandrite | 23%
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An orange-red variety of zircon, used as a gemstone. Possibly one of the foundational gemstones of New Jerusalem. | Jacinth | 15%
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