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What detemines whether a mineral will show cleavage or break in irregular fractures?
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Cleavage and fracture are determined by atomic structure and the relative weakness or strengths of the atomic bonds.
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What determines whether a mineral will show cleavage or break in irregular fractures?
The internal atomic structure.
What determines whether mineral will show cleavage or break in irregular fractures?
The internal atomic structure.
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.
Is turquoise cleavage or fracture?
Apatite is a mineral that comes is blues, greens, browns, yellows and clear. It has a weak cleavage and a choncoidal fracture.
What is the differences between fracture and cleavage?
Cleavage is the tendency of a mineral to break along flat surfaces and fracture is the tendency of a mineral to break into irregular pieces.
What the differences between cleavage and fracture?
Cleavage is the tendency of a mineral to break along flat surfaces and fracture is the tendency of a mineral to break into irregular pieces.
How are fracture and cleavage and cleavage different?
Cleavage- in geolohy, the tendency of a mineral to splitalong specific planes of weakness to format smooth flatSurface.Fracture- the manner in which a mineral breaks alongeither curved or irregular
What determines whether a mineral will show cleavage or break irregular fractures?
It means that the chemical bonds of the mineral aren't too strong along the lines and that when you break the mineral it'll break along those lines. please go to www.freewebs.com/mccniu (minerals aren't on it)
What is The manner in which a mineral breaks along either curved or irregular surface?
the manner in which a mineral breaks along either curved or irregular surfaces is called a FRACTURE.
Why a mineral such as topaz can display both cleavage and fracture?
Cleavage is when a mineral breaks into flat pieces. Fracture is when a mineral breaks into irregular pieces. Topaz atom bonds are weaker in some parts and stronger in others. When it is equally strong then it breaks into irregular pieces and if it all weak in a flat line then it will be flat.
What is the difference between mineral cleavage and mineral fracture.?
Cleavage is the breaking of a mineral along flat surfaces. Fracture, on the hand is just the chipping or "fracture" of a mineral.Cleavage is the tendency to break along flat surfaces, and fracture is the tendency of a mineral to break into irregular pieces.
Explain why a mineral such as topaz can display both cleavage and fracture?
Cleavage is when a mineral breaks into flat pieces. Fracture is when a mineral breaks into irregular pieces. Topaz atom bonds are weaker in some parts and stronger in others. When it is equally strong then it breaks into irregular pieces and if it all weak in a flat line then it will be flat.
