If you drop a piece of quartz, it will break apart in an irregular manner. Which property does quartz show in this situation?
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The answer for your question "If you drop a piece of quartz, it will break apart in an irregular manner. Which property does quartz show in this situation?" is Fracture.
Generally there are two type of breakage model in minerals they are cleavage and Fracture.
Minerals that exhibit in Cleavage form of breaking have specific weakness point where minerals that exhibit in fracture form have no specific weak point. Hence quartz like minerals break in irregular shape.
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