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What is the tendency of a mineral to break evenly?
Cleavage
What mineral has a hardness of 6 and shows cleavage?
Galena
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.
How does the mica mineral break?
Mica has perfect basal cleavage.
How are mineral fracture and mineral cleavage different?
Cleavage in minerals is the tendency of the mineral to break across a definite plane, creating a smooth surface. Two minerals with cleavage are granite and shale.
Is Fraction is the Tensity of a mineral to break a long flat surfaces?
No, it is not.
What can cleavage and fracture do to a mineral?
Cleavage and fracture describe how a mineral breaks. Cleavage shows the tendency of a mineral to break along specific planes due to its crystal structure, while fracture refers to irregular breakage patterns. Cleavage can create smooth surfaces, aiding in mineral identification and classification, while fractures can vary in appearance, from conchoidal (shell-like) to uneven.
What determines how mineral cleaves?
when a mineral is broken, if it breaks with smooth shiny sides, then it shows cleavage. If it breaks with rough, uneven sides then it shows fracture.Cleavage is caused by ___________.a)The shape of the mineral.b)The color of the mineral.c)Atomic structure of a mineral.d)The way the mineral is dropped.Undo
How a mineral breaks apart when a tool such as a hammer is used to break it . A mineral that exhibit this will break into smooth pieces?
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What shows the sum of a whole number and a proper fraction?
It is a mixed fraction.
What is the tendency of a mineral to break along planes of weakness producing smooth parallel breaks known as?
Cleavage is the tendency of a minerals to break along flat surfaces. It means that the make up of the mineral is uneven, dense on one side and not dense in the other, causing the mineral to break along flat surfaces. The tendency of a mineral to break irregurlary is fracture.
What shows the sum of a whole number and a fraction?
A mixed number or mixed fraction.
The flat break of a mineral is called?
Cleavage.
What is the tendency of a mineral to break evenly?
Cleavage
The property of a mineral that shows how it reflects light?
luster
What is the property of a mineral that shows how it reflects light?
luster
What mineral has a hardness of 6 and shows cleavage?
Galena
