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Describing how the mineral breaks

Published on Mar 22, 2017

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Describing how the mineral breaks

Cleavage or Fracture
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This test describes how the mineral breaks which depends on the way the atoms of a mineral are arranged.

Cleavage

a mineral breaks SMOOTHLY on the surface
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FRACTURE

When a mineral breaks into odd shapes

Describing words:
uneven
splintery
shell-like
jagged
granular