According to many, including the Guinness Book of World Record,________is the world's rarest mineral?
Correct answer: D. Painite
- A. Taaffeite
- B. Benitoite
- C. Jadeite
- D. Painite
Explanation
Painite was long listed by Guinness and other references as the world's rarest mineral because only a few specimens were known. Although later discoveries changed its absolute rarity, painite is the conventional answer to this textbook question.
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