The Tendency for a Mineral Like Quartz to Break in a Smoothly

question 92

Multiple Choice

The tendency for a mineral like quartz to break in a smoothly curved manner is termed ________.

• A) elliptical breakage
• B) anomalous cleavage
• C) spherical cleavage
• D) conchoidal fracture

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