Cleavage Meaning Rocks. Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators. The occurrence of such splitting.
The state of being cleft. The occurrence of such splitting. As a tectonic foliation cleavage occurs as a response to tectonic activity.
Cleavage is a physical property traditionally used in mineral identification both in hand specimen and microscopic examination of rock and mineral studies.
About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy. Most slaty cleavage is also axial-plane cleavage. It is measured in comparison to water where water has a specific gravity of 1. Mica is a good example breaking along very closely spaced flat planes that yield thin sheets.
