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Q: What minerals are know for perfect cleavage in three directions?
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What is the cleavage of fluorite?

Perfect in three directions.


What are two minerals with cleavage?

Halite and Calcite. Halite has what is known as cubiccleavage, where there is cleavage in three directions at 90 degree angles. Calcite has what is known as rhombohedral cleavage, where there is cleavage in three directions but at 120 and 60 degree angles.


Does fluorite have cleavage or fracture?

It has both: uneven fracture, and perfect cleavage in three directions.


Do all minerals have cleavage?

Yes,Halite has cubic cleavage. This means it can break along planes in three directions.


How many directions of cleavage do the feldspar minerals have?

Two directions of cleavage, at 90 degrees to each other.


A large piece of mineral halite is broken repeatedly into perfect cubes how can this be explained?

Halite has perfect cleavage in three directions and is in the cubic crystal system.


Does fluorite have cleavage?

Yes; Fluorite has cleavage; it breaks along flat surfaces in three directions.


A mineral that splits along a flat surface in 3 directions is?

Calcite exhibits cleavage in three directions.


What is the cleavage of copper?

Cobalt has a cleavage in three directions, forming a cube.


What is the shape of a mineral that has three directions of cleavage that intersect at 90 degrees?

cube


Does quartz have three prominent cleavage directions developed at right angles to one another so that it breaks into cubes?

No, quartz has no cleavage.


What mineral has a cleavage that goes in 90 degree angles in three directions?

Rock salt.