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What is a minerals cleavage?
Cleavage is the tendency of a mineral to break along smooth planes parallel to zones of weak bonding.
What is the clevage of halite?
Cleavage is a property of minerals. Sandstone is a rock type. As such it doesn't have the property of cleavage.Cleavage is a metamorphic fabric. Sandstone is not a metamorphic rock and thus can not display a cleavage.
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 is the scientific definition for cleavage?
Mineral Cleavage:Cleavage is one characteristic of minerals that refers to the tendency to split along planes of weakness. Female Cleavage:The space between a woman's breasts is her cleavage. When women wear low-cut clothing, their cleavage shows. For example, a low-cut wedding dress shows cleavage Plumber's Cleavage:Plumbers often exhibit their cleavage when they squat to fix your sink. It is best to look away. A word about the word:"Cleave" is one of the few words in the English language that is its own antonym. "To cleave" can mean "to hold fast to" and "to break or cut away from". Cleavage describes the break in a mineral. It is one of the physical properties that people test to identify minerals. Cleavage means that a mineral breaks cleanly, with no jagged edges. If it does have jagged edges than it is a fracture. When a mineral has cleavage then that means the it has a cubic structure, and therefore, will break cleanly and smoothly. Let's say that you smash a rock and it breaks everywhere, and has rough, jagged edges. It has fractured. It also has no cleavage. If you break another one and it's sides when broken are smooth and straight, it has cleavage.Cleavage usually refers to the exposure or partial exposure of the separation, or lack of, between a woman's breasts. It can also refer to a division between two groups of people or things.
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What is the tendency of a mineral to break along certain planes?
The tendency of some minerals to break along certain planes is called, "Cleavage".
What is a minerals cleavage?
Cleavage is the tendency of a mineral to break along smooth planes parallel to zones of weak bonding.
Minerals may break across planes due to their atomic arrangements What is the term used for this type of break?
When minerals break along certain planes, it is known as cleavage. Typically, the pieces will be the same form and be bounded by smooth, flat surfaces. Cleavage is determined by the number of cleavage directions and the angle(s) between them.If the mineral breaks in an irregular, jagged or splintered edge, it is said to have a fracture.
Why do minerals break along planes when atomic bonds are weak?
It is called cleavage.
Having a weakness along a specific plane will allow a mineral to?
cleave
Minerals that do not have weak bonds along specific planes will what?
Minerals that do not have weak bonds along specific planes will tend to have a higher resistance to breakage and fracturing. This is because weak bonds along specific planes create areas of weakness where the mineral is more likely to break or split. Without these weak bonds, the mineral will have a more cohesive structure and be less prone to breaking.
Do all minerals have cleavage?
Yes,Halite has cubic cleavage. This means it can break along planes in three directions.
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.
Having a weakness along a specific plane will allow a mineral to .?
cleave
Certain minerals usually break along flat surfaces while other minerals break unevenly the characteristic is due to the?
cleavege of the mineral
What does cleavage mean on a rock?
It has two cleavage planes
When a mineral breaks along a weekly bonds plane it is called?
cleavage.
