Mineral Identification

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 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

The color of a mineral in powder form is called the mineral's 

• hardness
• specific gravity
• luster
• streak

How light reflects off of a mineral is called the mineral's 

• luster
• streak
• cleavage
• fracture

A mineral's resistance to being scratched is called?

• streak
• luster
• hardness
• heft