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what do the repetitive patterns in a mineral form?

what is the term for the ability of a mineral to break into flat surfaces?

what is the term for an irregular way a mineral breaks apart? |

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Q:What do the repetitive patterns in a mineral form?

There are repeating pattern of a mineral's particles form a solid called a crystal. The particles of those crystal line up in a pattern that repeats. A crystal has flat sides, sharp edges and corners. Crystal formation is one of the measures that a substance must have for the substance to be classified as a mineral.

Q: What is the term for the ability of a mineral to break into flat surfaces?

When we are determining the hardness of the mineral, the bonding and molecular structure of a given mineral will also determine the manner in which a mineral breaks.  OR The way a surface reflects light is called luster and two major types of luster are metallic and nonmetallic Therefore the tendency of a mineral to break along these flat parallel surfaces is known as cleavage.

Q: What is the term for an irregular way a mineral breaks apart? |

Fracture is the term for an irregular way of mineral breaks apart. A mineral that splits easily along flat surfaces has the property called cleavage. Most minerals do not split apart evenly. Instead, they have a characteristic type of fracture, which describes how a mineral looks when it breaks apart in an irregular way.

the answers are crystals, cleavage, and fracture.

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