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The dry samples of this facies give a soapy feel and are brittle, havingconchoidal-like fractures.
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Deposits of this type show no internal structure and, where exposed, weathered surfaces have aconchoidalfracture.
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Pezzottiate is brittle with aconchoidalto irregular fracture, and streaks white.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Charoite is strictly massive in nature, and fractures areconchoidal.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The mineral is very brittle, and breaks with aconchoidalfracture.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The mineral is brittle, with an uneven toconchoidalfracture.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Conchoidalfracture describes the way in which materials break when they do not follow the natural planes of separation.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As these materials lack natural planes of separation,conchoidalfractures occur when they are struck with sufficient force.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This produces microscopicconchoidalfractures as the abrasive rolls about between the two surfaces and removes material from both.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Djurleite is brittle, with aconchoidal(shell-like) fracture.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It crystallizes in the trigonal - rhombohedral system and has a white vitreous appearance with aconchoidalfracture.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Vlasovite is a brittle mineral, with an irregular toconchoidalfracture, hardness 6 and specific gravity 2.97.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In amorphous solids, by contrast, the lack of a crystalline structure results in aconchoidalfracture, with cracks proceeding normal to the applied tension.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is very brittle, and has aconchoidalfracture.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is a volcanic glass with aconchoidalfracture (like glass), a resinous lustre, or silky in some cases, and a variable composition.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Conchoidalfracture leaves behind very sharp edges when pieces of the rock are sheared off.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Vanadinite is very brittle, producing small,conchoidalfragments when fractured.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It has a vitreous luster and aconchoidalto uneven fracture.
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