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What do the surfaces of a mineral with a fracture look like?
A mineral with fracture has uneven side when split into half.
What is the fracture of the turquoise mineral?
The fracture of aquamarine is cleavage.
What is an irregular fracture?
Fracture refers to the appearance of the freshly broken mineral. Chert or flint, for instance, has a conchoidal fracture.
When a mineral breaks without any regular pattern the break is called?
The fracture can be described (depending on the mineral) as:-Conchoidal fractureSubconchoidal fractureEarthy fractureHackly fractureJagged fractureSplintery fractureUneven fracture
What is facture of a mineral mean?
'Fracture' means 'to break'. Minerals often break (or fracture) in certain directions that many other minerals do not. The way a mineral fractures, then, helps a person narrow down the identity of the mineral. Fracture, along with color, streak color, hardness, and specific gravity are all used in the identification of minerals.
How a mineral breaks apart when it does not split evenly?
The two way by which minerals break are called cleavage and fracture. Cleavage is when a mineral breaks along a plane whose atomic bonds are weaker than in the rest of the mineral. Fracture is when a mineral is forced to be broken in an unnatural direction.
What is the break of a mineral called?
strike
What do the surfaces of a mineral with a fracture look like?
A mineral with fracture has uneven side when split into half.
What is the Fracture of Mica?
The fracture of Mica is its mineral structure.
What is the fracture of the turquoise mineral?
The fracture of aquamarine is cleavage.
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.
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.
Does fracture make up the most common mineral group?
No. Fracture is not a mineral group at all but a manner in which a mineral may break. Silicates are the most common mineral group.
Is turquoise cleavage or fracture?
Apatite is a mineral that comes is blues, greens, browns, yellows and clear. It has a weak cleavage and a choncoidal fracture.
Breaking of a mineral along irregular surfaces called?
The breaking of a mineral along irregular surfaces is called a fracture. The splitting of a mineral along smooth, flat surfaces is called cleavage.
What is the uneven breakage of a mineral?
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.
