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What property of minerals splits the mineral into pieces with uneven surfaces?
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It is a type of igneous or sedimentary rock.
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∙ 14y agoThat property is called cleavage or fracture, depending on how the mineral breaks.
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∙ 11y ago"Evenly" is a very ambiguous term. When a mineral breaks along certain planes of weakness, it is called cleavage.
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∙ 15y agoIt's referred to as cleavage.
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A mineral that splits into smooth flat pieces demonstrates this property.?
cleavage
What is the difference between fracture and cleavage in a mineral?
Cleavage is the breaking of a mineral along flat surfaces. Fracture, on the hand is just the chipping or "fracture" of a mineral.Cleavage is the tendency to break along flat surfaces, and fracture is the tendency of a mineral to break into irregular pieces.
An unknown mineral scratches glass but will scratch quartz What measure om the mohs scale shows its hardness?
The unknown mineral is not a mineral, or the pieces being scratched or doing the scratching are not freshly fractured or cleaved surfaces.
How a mineral breaks apart when a tool such as a hammer is used to break it a mineral that exhibits this will break into smooth pieces?
use a raw camera to carefully break pieces off the mineral is this the type of chemical that makes up the mineral or the strength of the connection between particle in the mineral
What is a mineral grains?
Mineral grains are crystals or pieces of crystals that vary widely in chemicalcomposition
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.
A mineral that breaks into jagged pieces exhibits this property?
A mineral that breaks into jagged pieces exhibits fracture.
What can cleavage and fracture do to a mineral?
Cleavage is the tendency to break along flat surfaces, and fracture is the tendency of a mineral to break into irregular pieces.
What is the difference between mineral cleavage and mineral fracture.?
Cleavage is the breaking of a mineral along flat surfaces. Fracture, on the hand is just the chipping or "fracture" of a mineral.Cleavage is the tendency to break along flat surfaces, and fracture is the tendency of a mineral to break into irregular pieces.
A mineral that splits into smooth flat pieces demonstrates this property.?
cleavage
What is the difference between fracture and cleavage in a mineral?
Cleavage is the breaking of a mineral along flat surfaces. Fracture, on the hand is just the chipping or "fracture" of a mineral.Cleavage is the tendency to break along flat surfaces, and fracture is the tendency of a mineral to break into irregular pieces.
What is the differences between fracture and cleavage?
Cleavage is the tendency of a mineral to break along flat surfaces and fracture is the tendency of a mineral to break into irregular pieces.
What the differences between cleavage and fracture?
Cleavage is the tendency of a mineral to break along flat surfaces and fracture is the tendency of a mineral to break into irregular pieces.
What is the tendency of a mineral to break along parallel planar surfaces called?
Cleavage
How minerals breaks apart when a tool such as a hammer is used to break it. A mineral that exhibits this will break into smooth pieces?
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An unknown mineral scratches glass but will scratch quartz What measure om the mohs scale shows its hardness?
The unknown mineral is not a mineral, or the pieces being scratched or doing the scratching are not freshly fractured or cleaved surfaces.
Examines a mineral's ability to break into even pieces?
Cleavage is a minerals ability to break into even pieces useful for identification. Cleavage in two directions equals Feldspar for example.
