Native Elements Flashcards
1
Q
Gold
A
Au
- golden-yellow
- extremely heavy
- quite soft and malleable
- shiny gold streak
2
Q
Silver
A
Ag
- silver-white
- malleable
- in grains or curving wire
3
Q
Copper
A
Cu
- copper-red (may have black tarnish or turned green)
- malleable
- usually granular but sometimes in branched aggregates of crystals
- shiny copper-red streak
4
Q
Alpha Fe
A
Fe
*
5
Q
Sulfur
A
S
- yellow
- smells of rotten eggs
6
Q
Diamond
A
C
- extremely hard
- adamantine luster
7
Q
Graphite
A
C
- feels greasy
- streaks gray on paper
