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Q: An example of a mineral that splits in three directions?
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A mineral that splits along a flat surface in 3 directions is?

Calcite exhibits cleavage in three directions.


What is the shape of a mineral that has three directions of cleavage that intersect at 90 degrees?

cube


What mineral has a cleavage that goes in 90 degree angles in three directions?

Rock salt.


What mineral is nonsilicate contains sodium and chlorine breaks at 90 degrees in three directions?

Halite


How does cobaltite fracture?

The mineral cobaltite, CoAsS, has a brittle fracture, and exhibits good cleavage in three directions.


What mineral tastes salty and cleaves into three directions at 90degrees?

Calcite, a crystallized form of limestone.


How many directions of cleavage do the feldspar minerals have?

Two directions of cleavage, at 90 degrees to each other.


A large piece of mineral halite is broken repeatedly into perfect cubes how can this be explained?

Halite has perfect cleavage in three directions and is in the cubic crystal system.


What mineral contains sodium and chlorine also breaks at 90 degree angles in three directions?

Table salt is sodium chloride. Its crystals are cubical.


Jenny has 12 nuts she splits them equally and then splits one of the groups in half again how many nuts are in the smallest group. then she splits them into eigths and after she splits them into third?

Three.


What are the three directions in which stress can be applied?

In any three orthogonal directions.


What are the diamonds characteristics?

Diamond, an elemental mineral, is the hardest mineral on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness (10). It has a specific gravity of around 3.5, has conchoidal fracture, has a colorless streak, occurs in the isometric-hexoctahedral mineral crystal system, is an allotrope of carbon, exhibits perfect cleavage in three directions, has an adamantine luster, and appears in many colors from clear to black.