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The difference between cleavage and fracture?
Cleavage is when you can break the rock into square like pieces and Fracture is when you break a rock into uneven different shaped pieces.
What is the process of mineral rich water seeping around sediment and fusing the sediment pieces together called?
This is called cementation.
Which mineral can be used to create fire through rubbing pieces of the mineral together?
quartz
What happens when an amorphous solid breaks?
The solid breaks at random places. Apex. thanks guy below for leading me to this answer
Which organ contains acids that breaks food Into smaller pieces?
The stomach. the enzymes
A mineral that breaks into jagged pieces exhibits this property?
A mineral that breaks into jagged pieces exhibits fracture.
When a mineral into jagged pieces it is called?
fracture
What is the tendency of a mineral to break along parallel planar surfaces called?
Cleavage
What solid breaks in irregular jagged pieces?
amorphous solid
What happens if a double glazed unit is made without safety glass?
When it breaks, it breaks in big jagged pieces.
When a minerals break into jagged pieces it is called?
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.
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.
What property of minerals splits the mineral into pieces with uneven surfaces?
It is a type of igneous or sedimentary rock.
How a mineral breaks apart when a tool such as a hammer is used to break it . A mineral that exhibit this will break into smooth pieces?
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What property describes how a mineral breaks?
The property is referred to as cleavage or fracture, the tendency, or lack of tendency, of a mineral to break along planes of weakness. Some minerals have multiple planes of cleavage. Some have none, and are said to exhibit fracture.Cleavage is the tendency of a mineral to break along flat surfaces. The way in which a mineral breaks depends on how its atoms are bonded, or joined together. In a mineral that displays cleavage, the bonds of the crystal structure are weaker in the directions in which the mineral breaks.fracture is the tendency of a mineral to break into irregular pieces. Some minerals such as quartz break into pieces with curved surfaces. Other minerals may break differently-perhaps into splinters or into rough or jagged pieces. In a mineral that displays fracture, the bonds that join the atoms are fairly equal in strength in all directions. The mineral does not break along flat surfaces because there are no particular directions ofweakness in its crystal structure.
What term best describes the uneven way the glass breaks?
Glass can shatter; it can create glass shards, uneven and jagged pieces.
