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Cleavage refers to the tendency of a mineral to break along flat surfaces. Graphite and mica have the same type of cleavage, which is a perfect basal cleavage.
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How many directions of cleavage does graphite have?
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The mica family of minerals possesses the two types of chemical bonds present in graphite. What are these two bond types and why are sheets of mica commonly used in electrical insulators?
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Ability of a mineral to break easily and evenly along one or more flat planes?
A short answer is:GraphiteA longer answer is:There are many minerals that break along flat surfaces. Probably the one that you would be most familiar with is "graphite". Graphite is a mineral formed from carbon atoms and it is used to make up the lead in pencils.Because of the structure of graphite, it tends to break cleanly in parallel, "flat" surfaces. It is not as evident in a pencil, because the piece of graphite is so small, but if you had a very large piece of graphite and broke it, you would see it break into flat flakes or plates.
How does the molecular structure of graphene differ from the other allotropes of carbon diamond and graphite?
The molecular structure of graphene differ from the other allotropes of carbon diamond and graphite in that graphene consist of a single layer of atoms.
What is the relationship between the way in which silicon-oxygen tetrahedral bond in micas and the characteristic cleavage of micas?
Mica share three oxygen atoms and link to form two dimensional sheet. Other ions fit between the sheets so they have cleavage in one direction and it occurs in books of very thin sheets
How does the cleavage of feldspar differ from the cleavage of mica?
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.
Is a graphite a fracture or a cleavage?
graphite is a basal cleavage
How does the mica mineral break?
Mica has perfect basal cleavage.
What is the name of a mineral that splits along flat surfaces?
cleavage
What mineral is flat with flaky cleavage?
Mica.
What is the cleavage of graphite?
graphite breaks by cleavage because the bonds between its atoms are less strong in directions
Is flourite a mica mineral?
No, it does not have perfect cleavage and it is not hydrous.
What is mica's clevage?
The cleavage of mica is perfect. Sometimes it has parallel parting. The cleavage laminae is flexible and elastic. The thin translucent sheets allow geologists to view the metamorphosis.
How many directions of cleavage does graphite have?
1
What is a cleavage of a mineral?
A good example of a mineral with basal cleavage are those from the mica group such as muscovite and biotite
Does mica have clear cleavage?
As Mica splits perfectly parallel to its base, it is considered to have perfect basal cleavage. No other cleavage planes are present in Mica so the flaking occurs readily along this single plane. A good analogy would be a stack of A4 paper. The layers are easily peelable in one direction [parallel to the base] as opposed to the other axis [refer to the miller indices].
What are two types of minerals that have cleavage?
mica and something else
