Rock-forming Minerals

Minerals are building blocks rocks.

• Yes

• No

Mineralism is the study of all aspects of minerals.

• Yes

• No

Minerals are naturally-occuring organic compounds.

• Yes

• No

Minerals are heterogenous solid.

• Yes

• No

Luster refers to the minerals' absorption of visible light.

• Yes

• No

Diaphaneity refers to the phenomenon in which minerals emit light when subjected to an energy input.

• Yes

• No

A mineral's streak is helpful in distinguishing minerals which looks the same.

• Yes

• No

The hardest mineral is gold.

• Yes

• No

A mineral's tenacity refers to its resistance to breaking, crushing, bending and tearing.

• Yes

• No

A mineral exhibits cleavage if it has the tendency to break along curved surfaces without a definite shape.

• Yes

• No