Look Smart Trivia: Minerals

JasonToon posted some pics said Thu, May 16th 2019 at 11:13am ET

Animal is obviously the star of the game, and vegetable gets some play now and then - but almost nobody ever asks you to guess a mineral. As these five citizens of the mineral kingdom illustrate, minerals are worthy of the spotlight even if we can’t eat them, or they can’t eat us. As usual here, I’m using the term “mineral” loosely. I don’t care if any of these are technically gemstones or just plain rocks. First to name all five will stake a claim to a $5 Meh coupon. Insert signoff catchphrase here!

Time for an acknowledgement of the accomplishments of @cinoclav, who was the first to get 4 out of 5 in our 15-Letter Words quiz:

Personification
Congratulations
Armadillidiidae
Methamphetamine
Disorganization

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cinoclav said Thu, May 16th 2019 at 11:17am ET:

Thank you @JasonToon. So, ‘personification’ was what you were looking for in #1?

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- @cinoclav it’s indisputableish
  
  UncleVinny said Fri, May 17th 2019 at 12:06am ET
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medz said Thu, May 16th 2019 at 11:26am ET:
1. Dioptase on Calcite
2. Granite
3. Ice
4. Quartz
5. Amber
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medz said Thu, May 16th 2019 at 11:34am ET:
1. Dioptase on Calcite
2. Granite
3. Pectolite
4. Quartz
5. Amber
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- @medz I think you might be right on 3 but not specific enough on 4…
  
  lehigh said Thu, May 16th 2019 at 12:07pm ET
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DennisG2014 said Thu, May 16th 2019 at 11:35am ET:

I thought #3 might be gypsum, but an image search didn’t yield anything that looked similar.
Now I think it might be asbestos.

edit: NM, looks like @medz found the right answer for #3.

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lehigh said Thu, May 16th 2019 at 11:53am ET:
No knowledge; just some post-Googling guessing
1. Dioptase on Calcite (for 850 euros?)
2. Granite
3. Natrolite
4. Red jasper (though to @medz’s point, that’s a type of quartz)
5. Amber
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  just in (neko) case…
  1. Dioptase on Calcite
  2. Granite
  3. Scolecite
  4. Red jasper
  5. Amber
  lehigh said Thu, May 16th 2019 at 12:37pm ET
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medz said Thu, May 16th 2019 at 12:23pm ET:
1. Dioptase on Calcite
2. Granite
3. Nekoite
4. Red Fire Quartz Crystals
5. Amber
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- @medz If it is Nekoite, I guess it’s just a case of bad luck for me…
  
  lehigh said Thu, May 16th 2019 at 12:29pm ET
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surfeit said Thu, May 16th 2019 at 7:57pm ET:
1. emerald
2. granite
3. nekoite
4. gravel
5. amber
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llangley said Fri, May 17th 2019 at 1:09am ET:
1. Metallic green gummy bears
2. Blue cheese
3. Car wash bristles
4. Himalayan pink sea salt
5. Honey wasp candy
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