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Which of the following characteristics does this mineral display?

a. Cleavage
b. Luster
C. Magnetism
d. Fracture

Which of the following characteristics does this mineral display? a. Cleavage b. Luster-example-1
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Answer:

Cleavage

Step-by-step explanation:

The mineral shows displays a physical characteristics called mineral cleavage.

In this mineral, we can sets of planes cutting each other perpendicularly.

  • Minerals have planes of weaknesses.
  • The ability of minerals to break along these weak planes is called cleavage.
  • Cleavage direction of mineral is good physical property to identify them
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