It has both cleavage and fracture.
Plagioclase feldspar is a non-metallic mineral. It has 2 cleavages at nearly right angles. It is also differentiated from potassium feldspar because it contains striations. Potassium feldspar has 2 cleavages at nearly right angles.
Feldspar's fracture is brittle
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the 5 properties are cleavage hardness luster color streak
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Orthoclase Feldspar.
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Plagioclase feldspar is a non-metallic mineral. It has 2 cleavages at nearly right angles. It is also differentiated from potassium feldspar because it contains striations. Potassium feldspar has 2 cleavages at nearly right angles.
Cleavage and Fracture
Calcite can be identified by its rhombohedral cleavage and effervescence in acid. Feldspar can be identified by its two cleavage planes at nearly 90 degrees, and it often has a white to pink color. Both minerals can also be identified by their hardness using the Mohs scale.
Cleavage is a minerals ability to break into even pieces useful for identification. Cleavage in two directions equals Feldspar for example.
Two directions of cleavage, at 90 degrees to each other.
Step-like cleavage is a property of the mineral mica. Mica minerals exhibit a planar arrangement of atoms that allow them to easily separate along flat surfaces, giving them a distinctive step-like appearance when broken or cleaved.
Orthoclase feldspar typically exhibits two cleavage planes at right angles to each other, forming blocky or prismatic shapes. Plagioclase feldspar, on the other hand, shows two cleavages at nearly 90 degrees but often also has a third cleavage at a slightly different angle, resulting in more varied forms.
Biotite (black mica) and muscovite (white mica) are both minerals that have perfect basal cleavage--one direction. It cleaves into thin sheets. Feldspars (albite, oligoclase, andesine, labradorite, bytownite, anorthite) have good cleavage in two directions at nearly right angles, poor in a third direction.