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How does rock cleavage differ from mineral cleavage?

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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.
What is cleavage on a rock?
Ability to split along flat surfaces
Can rocks have cleavage?
Yes. Cleavage (referring to rocks) is the tendency to break along its crystal planes, thus reflecting it's mineralogy. Not all rocks have cleavage.
How does the cleavage of feldspar differ from the cleavage of mica?
Biotite (black mica) and muscovite (white mica) are both minerals that have perfect basal cleavage--one direction. It cleaves into thin sheets. Feldspars (albite, oligoclase, andesine, labradorite,...
Is cleavage a mineral?
Cleavage is most often used with the following 3 meanings: MITOSIS: a phase during Mitosis when cells split and multiply GEOLOGY: The splitting of a complex crystal/mineral formation into a simpler...