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A mineral that has uneven surfaces when is said to have?

When minerals break, they can either have fracture of cleavage. Fracture is what you're looking for, and like you said, it's what happens when the mineral breaks and leaves uneven surfaces. A good example of a fractured mineral is quartz. Cleavage, on the other hand, occurs when minerals break along weak atomic bonding planes. Cleavage creates your flatter, more geometric surfaces. Look at mica. It creates what look like sheets of paper due to it's excellent cleavage.


If a mineral doesn't have cleavage it said to have?

If a mineral doesn't have cleavage, it is said to have fracture. Fracture refers to the way a mineral breaks along irregular, non-flat surfaces. This can include minerals breaking into uneven, jagged pieces or splintering in a more random pattern.


The tendency of a mineral to split easily along a flat surface is called?

It wil break & produce fragments of d same shape as d parent material bcos it broke on a flat surface


If a mineral breaks unevenly or along curved or irregular surfaces what it is said to break with?

Fracture. When it breaks apart cleanly, that is called Cleavage.


What type of fracture is it when a mineral splits evenly?

A mineral that splits evenly along flat surfaces is said to have a cleavage fracture. Cleavage occurs when a mineral breaks along weak atomic planes due to the internal atomic structure and bonding of the mineral.


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.


What is the tendency of a mineral to break along parallel planar surfaces called?

Cleavage


Which term describes the uneven way that glass breaks?

Glass is said to exhibit conchoidal fracturing, which means it breaks in a way that forms smooth, curved surfaces similar to the interior of a seashell. This type of fracturing is characteristic of brittle materials like glass.


How 42 pigs get into 7 buckets in uneven number?

Uneven does not necessarily mean odd. It can also mean unequal. So, buckets with 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 pigs can be said to have an uneven number in each.


When one section of a mineral is the same as another section of the same mineral it is said to be a what?

Homogeneous


What is broken when its name is said?

a secret


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?

A mineral that breaks into smooth pieces when a tool such as a hammer is used is said to have cleavage. Cleavage is the way a mineral breaks along planes of weakness in its crystal structure, resulting in smooth, flat surfaces. The number and orientation of these cleavage planes are specific to each mineral and can help in identifying the mineral.