Cleavage
Cleavage
This property is called cleavage.
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Fracture
A fracture that breaks along smooth, curved surfaces is called a conchoidal fracture. This type of fracture is commonly observed in materials like glass and minerals with a crystalline structure.
Slate breaks along smooth flat surfaces because of its foliated structure, consisting of fine-grained minerals aligned parallel to the direction of pressure during its formation. This alignment allows slate to easily split along these planes, resulting in the characteristic smooth surfaces when fractured.
Cleavages
Cleavage. Minerals with cleavage have a tendency to break along planes of weakness determined by their crystal structure, resulting in smooth, flat surfaces. Cleavage is a key diagnostic property used to identify minerals.
Many minerals have "cleavage" that causes them to split on flat cleavage planes. Such minerals include micas (muscovite, biotite. phlogopite), calcite, gypsum, and feldspars. Cleavage is the result of the minerals' crystal structure that has weaker chemical bonds aligned in planes.
This process is called cleavage and is a property of minerals. Minerals with cleavage break along planes of weakness into smooth, flat surfaces that reflect light. Cleavage is a result of the arrangement of atoms within the mineral, and the number and orientation of cleavage planes can vary between different minerals.
False. Fracture refers to how a mineral breaks when it does not break along a cleavage plane. Minerals can break along smooth flat surfaces (cleavage) or irregular surfaces (fracture) depending on their internal structure and arrangement of atoms.
Cleavage is the tendency of a mineral to break along planes of weak atomic bonding, resulting in smooth, flat surfaces, while fracture is the tendency of a mineral to break with rough, irregular surfaces. Cleavage results in smooth, reflective surfaces that reflect light, whereas fracture surfaces are dull and do not reflect light. Cleavage is a property that is characteristic of certain minerals and can be used for mineral identification, while fracture can vary depending on the specific conditions of the break and is less consistent across different minerals.