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Is shale fracture or cleavage

Updated: 8/10/2023
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6y ago

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the cleavage is Poor

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11y ago
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9y ago

Shale rock has cleavage, not fracture. It breaks along the crystal planes in flat pieces, not in irregular pieces and in irregular places.

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11y ago

although it may look like cleavage, it is definetly fracture because of its shape.

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11y ago

Chert displays a conchoidal fracture but does not have cleavage.

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6y ago

Fracture

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