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all different types of minerals
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Most minerals do not split apart evenly instead they have a characteristic type of?
CLEAVAGE
Does a mineral have crystal form but no cleavage?
All minerals have a crystal form, but not all have cleavage.
What is the clevage of halite?
Cleavage is a property of minerals. Sandstone is a rock type. As such it doesn't have the property of cleavage.Cleavage is a metamorphic fabric. Sandstone is not a metamorphic rock and thus can not display a cleavage.
What are two minerals with cleavage?
Halite and Calcite. Halite has what is known as cubiccleavage, where there is cleavage in three directions at 90 degree angles. Calcite has what is known as rhombohedral cleavage, where there is cleavage in three directions but at 120 and 60 degree angles.
What minerals have only one direction of cleavage?
Mica minerals have only one direction of cleavage. Examples are Muscovite and Biotite.
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 is the cleavage of bauxite?
Because bauxite is a rock, a mixture of minerals, it has no cleavage of its own.
What is the tendency of minerals to break?
Cleavage
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.
Why do some minerals break by fracturing?
Minerals can have a cleavage plane, multiple cleavage planes, or no cleavage plane. A cleavage plane is an area of weakness in the crystalline structure where the mineral is prone to splitting.
What is a pearl's cleavage?
Cleavage is a plane of atomic weakness in an inorganic mineral. Since pearls are an organic gem, they cannot have cleavage. The fracture surface of a pearl can be described as conchoidal.
What is a minerals cleavage?
Cleavage is the tendency of a mineral to break along smooth planes parallel to zones of weak bonding.
