Mineral Identification Challenge

A yellow mineral that smells like rotten eggs

• halite
• calcite
• sulfur
• olivine

This mineral is clear and will fizz when a weak acid like vinegar is poured on it

• quartz
• calcite
• fluorite
• halite

This mineral has a unique, flat way of coming apart known as cleavage

• pyrite
• calcite
• mica
• graphite

This mineral will dissolve in water and tastes salty

• quartz
• calcite
• halite
• fluorite

This is a pink mineral that is opaque and hard to see light through

• fluorite
• calcite
• quartz
• feldspar

This is a pink mineral with a glassy luster.

• feldspar
• calcite
• rosy quartz
• fluorite

A green or purple mineral that helps harden teeth win dissolved in water

• calcite
• halite
• fluorite
• quartz

A mineral that will attract a magnet

• hematite
• magnitite
• pyrite
• olivine

A green mineral 

• hematite
• magnitite
• pyrite
• olivine

A grey or red mineral with a red streak

• hematite
• magnitite
• pyrite
• olivine