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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.
Lisa Schaefer
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What are 3 differences between cleavage and fracture?
Cleavage is smooth; Fracture is rough. Cleavage splits along flat surfaces; Fracture splits along jagged surfaces. Cleavage is Cleavage; Fracture is Fracture
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.
Does kaolinite have fracture or cleavage?
No, it has no preferred fracture or cleavage.
Does quartz have cleavage or a fracture?
Quartz does not have cleavage. However, it does have fracture. Its fracture is conchoidal.
Dose sapphire have a cleavage break or a fracture?
it has no cleavage but it does have fracture
Dose magnetite have more cleavage or fracture?
Magnetite has fracture not cleavage. ChaCha on!
What s the difference between a mineral that has cleavage and one that has fracture?
The difference between a mineral that has cleavage and one that has fracture is that cleavage is the tendency of some minerals to brake along flat surfaces and fracture is the tendency of some minerals to brake unevenly along curved or irregular surfaces.
Does quart have a cleavage or a fracture?
Quartz has a conchoidal fracture. It does not have a cleavage plane.
Does gold have cleavage or fracture?
the cleavage of gold is hackly. gold has niether fracture or cleaveage
Does hematite have fracture or cleavage?
cleavage is when the rock gets cut in sheets, like you can peel it fracture is when it can crumble and breaks like you think a rock should
Is gypsum fracture or cleavage?
cleavage
Does garnet have cleavage or a fracture?
it has no cleavage
