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If you found a rock with flat mineral grains which rock would it be?
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Which type of sediment would undergo more compaction grains of sand or grains of clay?
Grains of clay due to their flat structure.
Why does slate break along such smooth flat surfaces?
It breaks along its foliation, which consists of microscopically flat grains of clay
What is the mineral with Crystal that breaks and two flat sheets?
Mica
What types of landforms is found in the western US?
well the answer would be flat lands
What can cleavage and fracture do to a mineral?
Cleavage is the tendency to break along flat surfaces, and fracture is the tendency of a mineral to break into irregular pieces.
What is a rock with long flat mineral grains?
A metamorphic rock
What is a banded mineral?
A banded mineral is a mineral that has grains that are arranged in a particular pattern of flat layers or forms swirls.
Which type of sediment would undergo more compaction grains of sand or grains of clay?
Grains of clay due to their flat structure.
How is foliation formed?
Folaiation is caused then flat mineral grains or crystals line up to form a plane in the body of the rock. This can happen during sedimentation or during deformation/metamorphosis.
What mineral is a flat mineral with flaky clevage?
Mica forms flat prisms that readily brakes into flakes.
What mineral is flat with flaky cleavage?
Mica.
The flat break of a mineral is called?
Cleavage.
What is a mineral with smooth flat sheets?
Slate.
What are the grains of rock?
Grains: Grains that are not crystals in rock do not have flat shiny faces. They are rounded, like grain of sand, or jagged, like a piece of broken rock. Grain Size: Grain size in rocks can mean the size of crystal grains or of fragments: Coarse Grained: most of the rock is made of grains as largeas rice, or larger.
What are the grains of a rock-?
Grains: Grains that are not crystals in rock do not have flat shiny faces. They are rounded, like grain of sand, or jagged, like a piece of broken rock. Grain Size: Grain size in rocks can mean the size of crystal grains or of fragments: Coarse Grained: most of the rock is made of grains as largeas rice, or larger.
What rock is clear flat and has round bumps on top?
The rock you are describing is likely quartz. Quartz is a clear, flat, and often has rounded bumps on its surface. It is a common mineral found in many different types of rocks.
What is the tendency of a mineral to break along planes of weakness producing smooth parallel breaks known as?
Cleavage is the tendency of a minerals to break along flat surfaces. It means that the make up of the mineral is uneven, dense on one side and not dense in the other, causing the mineral to break along flat surfaces. The tendency of a mineral to break irregurlary is fracture.
