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What causes some minerals to break along smootH surfaces?
Cleavage
What causes minerals to break along smooth flat surfaces?
Cleavage
What is the property that causes some minerals to break along smooth flat surfaces?
This property is called cleavage.
Is cleavage splitting of rocks in definite surfaces?
Cleavage is the splitting of rocks or minerals along defined surfaces.
What is the tendency for some minerals such as mica to break or flat surfaces called?
The tendency for minerals like mica to break along flat surfaces is called cleavage. Cleavage occurs because the atomic structure of these minerals allows them to easily break along specific planes, resulting in flat, shiny surfaces.
The tendency of minerals to break along smooth flat surfaces is called .?
cleavage
What is the tendency of some minerals to break along curved surfaces called?
This is known as conchoidal fracture.
The tendency for some minerals to break along flat surfaces is known as?
Cleavage. Minerals with cleavage have a tendency to break along planes of weakness determined by their crystal structure, resulting in smooth, flat surfaces. Cleavage is a key diagnostic property used to identify minerals.
Certain minerals usually break along flat surfaces while other minerals break unevenly the characteristic is due to the?
cleavege of the mineral
Tendency to break along smooth flat surfaces?
Many minerals have "cleavage" that causes them to split on flat cleavage planes. Such minerals include micas (muscovite, biotite. phlogopite), calcite, gypsum, and feldspars. Cleavage is the result of the minerals' crystal structure that has weaker chemical bonds aligned in planes.
What is the physical property denoting a minerals tendency to crack along parallel planar surfaces?
cleavage. cleavage.
When minerals break along other than cleavage surfaces they are said to have what?
They are said to exhibit fracture instead of cleavage.
