Question

quartz can break other than along planes of cleavage. What property of minerals os shown in this situation​

Answer 1

Answer:

A mineral that naturally breaks into perfectly flat surfaces is exhibiting cleavage. Not all minerals have cleavage. A cleavage represents a direction of weakness in the crystal lattice. Cleavage surfaces can be distinguished by how they consistently reflect light, as if polished, smooth, and even.

Answer 2

In this situation it is called property to exhibit no cleavage or fracture property of the mineral.

Understanding the characteristics of minerals can help to explain this:

• Cleavage refers to a mineral's ability to cut along a plane, resulting in a smooth surface.
• The shattering of a mineral into multiple random fragments with a rough surface is known as fracture.
• Quartz is a crystal whose entire structure is made up of strong silicate bonds.
• Its construction has no distinct weak plane through which it can cut equally.
• As a result, when it breaks, it does not display cleavage but rather conchoidal fracture.
• This feature can also be described as a mineral's amorphous nature.