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Monotomous

Having a distinct cleavage in a single direction only

Mica

name of a group of minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage so that they readily separate into very thin leaves more

Hypersthene

color often with a peculiar bronzelike luster schiller on the cleavage surface

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Heulandite

and also in monoclinic crystals with pearly luster on the cleavage face It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime

Fluorite

often very beautiful crystallizing commonly in cubes with perfect octahedral cleavage also massive It is used as a flux Some varieties

Fissile

of the grain like wood or along natural planes of cleavage like crystals

Euclase

occurring in light green transparent crystals affording a brilliant clinodiagonal cleavage It is a silicate of alumina and glucina

Ectolecithal

the commencement of segmentation in a peripheral position and the cleavage process confined to the center of the egg as ectolecithal

Discoblastic

Applied to a form of egg cleavage seen in osseous fishes which occurs only in a small

Diatomous

Having a single distinct diagonal cleavage said of crystals

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