Native Elements

Question 1

Gold

Answer 1

Au

• golden-yellow
• extremely heavy
• quite soft and malleable
• shiny gold streak

Question 2

Silver

Answer 2

Ag

• silver-white
• malleable
• in grains or curving wire

Question 3

Copper

Answer 3

Cu

• copper-red (may have black tarnish or turned green)
• malleable
• usually granular but sometimes in branched aggregates of crystals
• shiny copper-red streak

Question 4

Alpha Fe

Answer 4

Fe

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Question 5

Sulfur

Answer 5

S

• yellow
• smells of rotten eggs

Question 6

Diamond

Answer 6

C

• extremely hard
• adamantine luster

Question 7

Graphite

Answer 7

C

• feels greasy
• streaks gray on paper