Thursday, July 4, 2019

Can a mineral have a cleavage and fracture?

Cleavage and fracture differ in that cleavage is the break of a crystal face where a new face (resulting in a smooth plane) is formed, whereas fracture is the "chipping" shape of a mineral. All minerals exhibit a fracture, even those that exhibitcleavage

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