Q. How does hardness vary with decomposition?

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Q. Hardness is a relative property.

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Q. The tendency of a crystallized mineral to break along certain directions yielding more or less smooth, plane surfaces is ___________

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Q. Cleavage is described in terms of ___________

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Q. The type of cleavage due to the mineral can be split very easily is ___________

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Q. Mineral which shows parting is ___________

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Q. Pick the wrong statement about the fracture.

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Q. The term which means, rough woody fracture is ___________

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Q. The behaviour of a mineral towards the forces that tend to destroy it is called ___________

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Q. The property of a mineral by virtue of which it can be cut with a knife is __________

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Q. Mica is __________

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Q. When the mineral occurs in flattened or square form, it is called __________

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Q. Example for elongated structure is __________

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Q. Kyanite shows which form?

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Q. Structure or form which depicts leaf-like sheets is __________

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Q. Muscovite mica shows which structure?

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Q. Identify the type of structure shown below.

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Q. Chromite shows which type of structure?

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Q. Which form resembles a human kidney?

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Q. Malachite shows which type of structure?

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