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What is the mineral with crystals that breaks into flat sheets?
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Mica is crystalline and forms layers.
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What is the mineral with Crystal that breaks and two flat sheets?
Mica
Why does the mineral mica breaks in smooth flat surfaces?
... because calcite has a regular arrangement of atoms.
How to identify crystals?
Crystals have regular, flat faces that form at very specific angles to each other and reflect their atomic structure. To identify what type of mineral you have, consult mindat.org, or a library, or a university earth science department, a local museum with mineral exhibits, or a local mineral collecting club.
What substances make up graphite?
Carbon. It also makes coal and diamonds. Answer: The difference in these various forms of carbon is the orientation of the carbon atoms into crystal latices. There are several allotropes of carbon: * Diamond: Trapezoidal crystals* Lonsddaleite: Diamnd with hexagonal crystals* Graphitec Flat sheets of atoms* Buckminsterfullerenes:* Carbon nanotubes* Amorphous Carbon: No crystals.
How does the arrangement of atoms into crystalline structures help geologists identify minerals?
The way a mineral naturally breaks is called its cleavage. The number and orientation of cleavages can help identify a mineral. For instance, micas have a single cleavage, and break up into flat plates. Pyroxines have two cleavages at 90 degrees to each other, and break into square prisms. Calcite has three at 120 degrees, and naturally breaks into rhombs. Different minerals may have the same cleavage, but it helps to narrow down a mineral's identity.
What is the mineral with Crystal that breaks and two flat sheets?
Mica
Why does the mineral mica breaks evenly along flat sheets?
atomic arrangement
The mineral mica breaks evenly along flat sheets mainly because of its?
Atomic Arrangement
What is a mineral with smooth flat sheets?
Slate.
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.
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.
Which property of a mineral is illustrated by the peeling of biotite into thin flat sheets?
cleavage
Why does the mineral mica breaks in smooth flat surfaces?
... because calcite has a regular arrangement of atoms.
Why does mica break evenly along flat sheets?
Mica breaks into sheets because of its unique crystal structure. Just as sand or salt is composed of granules, mica is composed of molecular sheets.
What is a crystals habit?
A tabular crystal habit refers to the appearance of a mineral crystal as a somewhat flat, tablet shaped form.
The tendency of a mineral to split easily along a flat surface is called?
It wil break & produce fragments of d same shape as d parent material bcos it broke on a flat surface
Is a common mineral that breaks along smooth and flat edges quarts or mica?
That would be mica...and it's spelled "quartz"
