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  • Mica: Identifying Minerals with Perfect Cleavage & Other Examples
    A common mineral that breaks along smooth, flat surfaces is mica.

    Mica has a perfect cleavage, meaning it splits easily into thin, flat sheets. This is because of its layered structure, where the atoms are arranged in sheets that are weakly bonded to each other.

    Here are a few other common minerals with perfect cleavage:

    * Halite (rock salt): Cleaves into cubes

    * Calcite: Cleaves into rhombohedrons

    * Fluorite: Cleaves into octahedrons

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