they both show how rocks break
Cleavage fracture is more common than the formation of a new surface in minerals due to its alignment with the crystal structure's weakest plane. It produces smooth, flat surfaces, while fracture results in irregular surfaces due to breakage along the strongest planes or due to external stress.
Hematite has a characteristic fracture, meaning it breaks irregularly with rough or jagged edges and no smooth cleavage planes.
It has both. It's cleavage is perfect, and it's fracture is sub-conchoidal.
yes rutile has cleavage-distinct (100) yes rutile has fracture
Azurite does not have cleavage, but it exhibits a conchoidal fracture, meaning it breaks into smooth, curved surfaces similar to glass.
Cleavage
They both show how rocks break.
Quartz does not have cleavage. However, it does have fracture. Its fracture is conchoidal.
Cleavage fracture is more common than the formation of a new surface in minerals due to its alignment with the crystal structure's weakest plane. It produces smooth, flat surfaces, while fracture results in irregular surfaces due to breakage along the strongest planes or due to external stress.
it has no cleavage
it has no cleavage
cleavage
Magnetite tends to exhibit more fracture than cleavage. Fracture occurs when a mineral breaks irregularly, producing rough or jagged surfaces, while cleavage is the tendency of a mineral to break along flat planes. Magnetite typically breaks along irregular surfaces due to its strong atomic bonding structure.
Fracture
Hematite has a characteristic fracture, meaning it breaks irregularly with rough or jagged edges and no smooth cleavage planes.
the cleavage is Poor
Sapphire has a mixture of both cleavage and fracture characteristics. It has poor cleavage in one direction and conchoidal fracture, which means it breaks with smooth, curved surfaces similar to glass.