Atlas of All Things

cleavage

cleavage

Tendency of a mineral to break along particular flat planes in its crystal structure.

All languages

English
cleavage
Norwegian
mineralspalting
Japanese
劈開 — へきかい — hekikai
Korean
광물의 쪼개짐 — gwangmurui jjogaejim
Spanish
exfoliación mineral
French
clivage minéral
German
Spaltbarkeit

Illustrations are AI-generated and translations are undergoing language review.