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Cleavage breaks the layers of rock due to poor distribution of minerals within the rocks. The impact of breakage will depend on the types of minerals that are present.
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What is the cleavage of graphite?
graphite breaks by cleavage because the bonds between its atoms are less strong in directions
Is halite a cleavage or fracture?
Halite is a cleavage because it splits evenly, but fracture would mean it breaks irregularly.
Is shale fracture or cleavage?
the cleavage is Poor
What is the mineral with crystals that breaks into flat sheets?
Mica is crystalline and forms layers.
The difference between cleavage and fracture?
Cleavage is when you can break the rock into square like pieces and Fracture is when you break a rock into uneven different shaped pieces.
What is the cleavage of graphite?
graphite breaks by cleavage because the bonds between its atoms are less strong in directions
Is halite a cleavage or fracture?
Halite is a cleavage because it splits evenly, but fracture would mean it breaks irregularly.
Is halite cleavage or fracture?
Halite is a cleavage because it splits evenly, but fracture would mean it breaks irregularly.
Does beryl have cleavage and why?
No. Beryl has fracture because it breaks in a jagged line.
Mica has what because it breaks along a smooth flat surface?
cleavage
What is the cleavage of granite?
Granite has no cleavage, it breaks off in crystals.
What is zinc's cleavage?
look some were else
What is gabbros cleavage?
it breaks jaggedly
Is Silicon Fracture or Cleavage?
its fracture because fracture is when a mineral l breaks , it is all uneven . when it is cleavage , its flat broken pieces so this is definitely fracture
What common mineral breaks with cleavage?
Feldspar.
Is cleavage the way a rock breaks?
yes
Does fluorite have cleavage?
Yes; Fluorite has cleavage; it breaks along flat surfaces in three directions.
