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All minerals have a crystal form, but not all have cleavage.
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Is the cleavage for a mineral is always the same for that mineral?
Yes, all different samples of that mineral will have the same cleavage.
The way a mineral splits is called?
CLEAVAGE
What are the 6 properties used to identify mineral?
In a hand sample/specimen you can the properties used to identify minerals are luster, diaphaneity, color, streak, luminescence, play of colors, crystal shape, tenacity, cleavage, hardness, specific gravity and density, magnetism, electrical properties, reaction to acid.
Is a cleavage a property of a mineral?
feldspar
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 difference between crystal form and cleavage?
Crystal form refers to the geometric shape the mineral acquires upon solidification. Cleavage is a mineral property that describes the tendency of a crystal to break along planes of weakness.
Could a mineral have a crystal form but no cleavage?
Yes. Quartz can have very well-formed crystals but lacks cleavage.
Which property of a mineral most directly results from the internal arrangements of its atoms?
crystal shape
A mineral's crystal shape and cleavage are a direct result of the mineral's...?
Atomic arrangement.
How is cleavage related to a mineral's atomic structure?
Cleavage is related to the minerals atomic structure because minerals are arranged in crystal lattices . It's the shape of these lattices that determine the mineral's cleavage.
The most useful physical properties for identifying minerals are?
either color, cleavage, and crystal form or crystal form, cleavage, and streak
What is the Difference between a rock cleavage and a mineral cleavage?
The mineral cleavage is made up of many other particles to form a rock when the rock cleavage is just a rock.
How are cleavage and fracture similar?
Cleavage is the tendency of a mineral to break along flat planar surfaces as determined by the structure of its crystal lattice. Fracture is the way a mineral breaks other than along a cleavage plane. They both describe a way a mineral can break.
What is the name of the mark a mineral makes?
Streak. The 6 properties of minerals are streak, hardness, crystal form, color, cleavage/fracture, and luster. Hope that can answer your question:)
Why does cleavage occur?
Cleavage means to Split.Cleavage is most often used with the following 3 meanings:MITOSIS: a phase during Mitosis when cells split and multiplyGEOLOGY: The splitting of a complex crystal/mineral formation into a simpler oneINFORMAL USE: The viewable split between a woman's breasts
How is cleavage related to atomic structure?
Cleavage is related to the minerals atomic structure because minerals are arranged in crystal lattices . It's the shape of these lattices that determine the mineral's cleavage.
What makes minerals sparkle?
The sparkle is the reflection of light off the mineral crystal faces or cleavage surfaces.
