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Yes, 1, all sides - octahedral. Dodecahedral Diamonds, Borts, and Carbonado exhibit poor or no cleavage. Source: http://www.minerals.net/mineral/diamond.aspx
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What is the cleavage of rose quartz?
The cleavage of rose quartz is 2.65
Does copper have cleavage?
No. Cleavage is absent in copper and its fracture is jagged.
Does fluorite have cleavage or fracture?
It has both: uneven fracture, and perfect cleavage in three directions.
Does fluorite have cleavage?
Yes; Fluorite has cleavage; it breaks along flat surfaces in three directions.
Is cleavage splitting of rocks in definite surfaces?
Cleavage is the splitting of rocks or minerals along defined surfaces.
What is the cleavage of the dimond?
the cleavage of the diamond is nothing
What is a diamonds clevage?
a diamonds cleavage is the cleavage of a diamond
How do use the word cleavage in a sentence?
A diamond has four directions of cleavage. You just drop it in whenever appropriate.
How do diamond look when they cleavage?
You can review the site, below, to view the crystallography of the mineral diamond.
Does the diamond have a cleavage or fracture?
Diamond stone, because of its lattice structure of carbon atoms, is identified as an 'octahedral; perfect and easy' cleavage (according to Wikipedia). Read more, below.
At the points of easy fracture of a diamond is it termed cleavage?
Yes.
What object or thing that can break a diamond?
Anything can 'break' a diamond should it strike the diamond in its weak spot -- a flaw, because a diamond has perfect cleavage in four directions.
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Why is the cleavage of a diamond
What is a diamonds cleavage and fracture?
Fracture is conchoidal, meaning that diamonds are brittle and when they break, the break does not follow any natural plane of separation.
Which is more strong diamond or carborandom?
Diamond, with a hardness rating of 10 on the Mohs scale, is harder than corundum (ruby and sapphire), which has a hardness rating of 9. However, diamond has perfect cleavage while corundum has no cleavage. So an answer to the original question would depend on the meaning of "strong."
Which mineral has perfect cleavage in six direction diamond fluorite sodalite and sphalerite?
Sphalerite
What 2 ways can minerals break?
Minerals break in the main two ways cleavage and fracture. Cleavage is breaking in flat planes but fracture is more uneven even unpredictable. The hardest mineral to break would be the diamond, which is placed at a ten on Moh's hardness scale.
