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Cleavage
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What causes some minerals to break along smootH surfaces?
Cleavage
What is the property that causes some minerals to break along smooth flat surfaces?
This property is called cleavage.
The tendency of minerals to break along smooth flat surfaces is called .?
cleavage
Which causes some minerals to break along smoothflat surfaces?
Fracture
Tendency to break along smooth flat surfaces?
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.
Cleavage is the tendecy of some minarelsto break along?
Cleavage is the tendency of some minerals to fracture or break alongflat three dimensional planes. The surfaces are usually smooth to the touch.
Why would cleavage be important to gem cutters who cut shape gemstones?
It would be important because cleavage is a tendency of some minerals to break along smooth, flat surfaces.
Magnetite displays which special property?
The special property that magnetite displays is that it is attracted by a magnet. Cleavage is the mineral property that explains why some minerals break along smooth, flat surfaces.
What does the presence of cleavage planes within a mineral tell you about the chemical bonds that hold a mineral together?
minerals with cleavage break along smooth, flat surfaces in one or more directions.
Is cleavage splitting of rocks in definite surfaces?
Cleavage is the splitting of rocks or minerals along defined surfaces.
Which is the splitting of a mineral along smooth flat surfaces?
Slate is a sedimentary rock that can be split horizontally to produce smooth flat surfaces that is often used as a roofing material.
Breaking of a mineral along irregular surfaces called?
The breaking of a mineral along irregular surfaces is called a fracture. The splitting of a mineral along smooth, flat surfaces is called cleavage.
