You find a mineral sample that is yellow, has a white streak, and has a hardness of 2.5. The sample is most likely which mineral?
Mineral
Color
Streak Reacts with Hardness
hydrochloric
acid
Gold
Yellow
No
Golden
yellow
2.5 - 3
Pyrite
Black
No
6 - 6.5
Yellowish
gray to
gray
Sulfur
White
No
1.5 - 2.5
Bright
yellow to
yellow-
brown
Calcite
White
No
3
Colorless,
white,
yellow,
brown,
orange,
pink, red,
purple,
blue,
green,
gray,
black
O A. Sulfur
B. Calcite

O C. Pyrite
O D. Gold