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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
Does quartz have clevage or fracture?
There is no broken parts in quartz, so Quartz does not have cleavage.
What is the tendency of a mineral to break along parallel planar surfaces called?
Cleavage
How is quartz classified igneous metamorphic or sedimentary hardness luster cleavage etc?
A group of minerals are called a rock, Quartz isn't a rock, it's a mineral. It has a hardness of around 7, it doesn't have cleavege but has a conchoidal fracture.
What is an irregular fracture?
Fracture refers to the appearance of the freshly broken mineral. Chert or flint, for instance, has a conchoidal fracture.
Does obsidian exhibits conchoidal fracture?
Obsidian does have a conchoidal fracture.
The tendency of the mineral to break along the curved surface is called?
This is known as conchoidal fracture.
The mineral property texture includes the descriptions conchoidal splintery and irregular?
Sounds like "Fracture"
What is the fracture of the mineral uraninite?
For the uraninite: Brittle - Conchoidal - Very brittle fracture producing small, conchoidal fragments; data from http://webmineral.com/data/Uraninite.shtml. Any mineral of uranium has its specific properties - and we know now approx. 200 uranium minerals.
When a mineral breaks without any regular pattern what is the break called?
The fracture can be described (depending on the mineral) as:-Conchoidal fractureSubconchoidal fractureEarthy fractureHackly fractureJagged fractureSplintery fractureUneven 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 the fracture of dolomite?
The fracture of dolomite is conchoidal
What mineral has a pearly luster and a conchoidal fracture?
Chrysotile serpentine is a typical mineral with splintery fracture and kyanite is an example of a non-fibrous mineral that has this fracture.
What is fracture of barium?
The Answer Is Conchoidal
What is the amethyst fracture?
conchoidal
What feldspar fracture?
The fracture of feldspar is conchoidal or brittle.
