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Minerals can be classified based on cleavage or fracture. These two properties refer to the way in which a mineral tends
to break. Cleavage is an orderly breakage in well-defined planes. It means that the broken piece of mineral will have flat
and smooth sides. Fracture is a random breakage. If a mineral breaks with rough, random, uneven surfaces, it is said to
have fractured. Because each of your mineral samples have already been broken from another, larger piece of a mineral,
you should be able to tell if it has cleavage or fractures by looking at its sides. Of your 10 minerals, identify three that
experienced cleavage.
Cleavage Fracture
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Minerals are identified according to their properties. One of these properties is their breaking tendency: cleavage or fracture. Cleavage: Calcite, mica, muscovita, pyroxene. Fracture: Quartz, Asbestos, Limestone.

Note: Since I do not know which your 10 minerals are, I will provide examples of each type according to the breaking tendency.

Many properties of minerals are used to identify them, such as color, density, hardness, among others. In this case, we are talking about their breaking tendency.

How do minerals break?

  • Minerals can cleave or fracture.

  • A type of mineral breaks always in the same, and this is why the breaking tendency is useful to identify them.  

- Cleavage

  • The mineral breaks in flat smooth planes.

  • Cleavage direction and smoothness of surfaces are significant when identifying.

- Fracture

  • The mineral break in irregular planes.

  • In these minerals, there is no particular breaking direction.

Examples

- Cleavage

  • Calcite
  • Mica
  • Muscovite
  • Pyroxene
  • Halite
  • Feldspar
  • Gypsum

- Fracture

  • Quartz
  • Asbestos
  • Limestone
  • Beryl
  • Chromite
  • Agate
  • Copper

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Answer:

Calcite Mica Muscovite

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