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What is the mineral with Crystal that breaks and two flat sheets?
Mica
What is the mineral with crystals that breaks into flat sheets?
Mica is crystalline and forms layers.
Is halite a cleavage or fracture?
Halite is a cleavage because it splits evenly, but fracture would mean it breaks irregularly.
Why does the mineral mica breaks in smooth flat surfaces?
... because calcite has a regular arrangement of atoms.
What are the cracks called when a rock breaks?
Breaks along mineral planes are referred to as cleavage planes (breaks along a plane) or conchodial fractures (no distinct break controls), depending on the mineral. more general breaks in rocks are referred to as fractures or joints and are often along fault planes or areas of stress in the rock. A crumbly rock texture is found in either an unconsolidated unlithified rock or a heavily chemically or mechanically weathered rock
What type of fracture is it when a mineral splits evenly?
The type of fracture formed when a mineral splits evenly is called a cleavage. An example is when mica breaks apart in sheets.
The mineral mica breaks evenly along flat sheets mainly because of its?
Atomic Arrangement
Why does the mineral mica breaks evenly along flat sheets?
atomic arrangement
How a mineral breaks apart when it does not split evenly?
The two way by which minerals break are called cleavage and fracture. Cleavage is when a mineral breaks along a plane whose atomic bonds are weaker than in the rest of the mineral. Fracture is when a mineral is forced to be broken in an unnatural direction.
What property of minerals splits the mineral into pieces with uneven surfaces?
It is a type of igneous or sedimentary rock.
A mineral that breaks into jagged pieces exhibits this property?
A mineral that breaks into jagged pieces exhibits fracture.
What is the tendency of a mineral to break evenly?
Cleavage
Its a mineral that contains Calcium carbonate and breaks into rhombs?
The mineral calcite.
The way a mineral breaks is a clue to its identity fracture is?
The way a mineral breaks is a better clue to its identity than are its color and luster.
Does a mineral that does not split apart evenly has the property of fracture.?
True!
What common mineral breaks with cleavage?
Feldspar.
The way a mineral breaks is called its?
fracture
