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Mineral Cleavage Properties |
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Mineral Cleavage Properties |
( Bold - Valid Mineral Name)
(* - Mineral Name is Not IMA Approved)
(! - New Dana Classification Number Has Been Changed or Added)
(? - IMA Discredited Mineral Species Name)
(# - Grandfathered as valid)
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| Mineral Name | Cleavage Count |
First Cleavage | Second Cleavage | Third Cleavage |
| Ellisite | 3 | {1011} Perfect | {1011} Perfect | {1011} Perfect |
| Kutnohorite # | 3 | {1011} Perfect | {1011} Perfect | {1011} Perfect |
| Magnesite # | 3 | {1011} Perfect | {1011} Perfect | {1011} Perfect |
| Otavite # | 3 | {1011} Perfect | {1011} Perfect | {1011} Perfect |
| Rhodochrosite # | 3 | {1011} Perfect | {1011} Perfect | {1011} Perfect |
| Shandite # | 3 | {1011} Perfect | {1011} Perfect | {1011} Perfect |
| Siderite # | 3 | {1011} Perfect | {1011} Perfect | {1011} Perfect |
| Sphaerocobaltite # | 3 | {1011} Perfect | {1011} Perfect | {1011} Perfect |
| Zirklerite # | 3 | {1011} Perfect | {1011} Perfect | {1011} Perfect |
| Crocoite # | 3 | {110} Distinct | {001} Indistinct | {100} Indistinct |
| Chrysoberyl # | 3 | {110} Distinct | {010} Imperfect | {???} Imperfect |
| Montbrayite # | 3 | {110} Distinct | {011} Distinct | {111} Distinct |
| Petrukite | 3 | {110} Distinct | {100} Distinct | {010} Distinct |
| Titanite # | 3 | {110} Distinct | {100} Imperfect | {112} Imperfect |
| Andalusite # | 3 | {110} Distinct | {100} Indistinct | {010} Poor |
| Phosgenite # | 3 | {110} Good | {001} Good | {010} Indistinct |
| Reinerite | 3 | {110} Good | {011} Good | {111} Good |
| Kolbeckite # | 3 | {110} Good | {100} Indistinct | {001} Indistinct |
| Chalcanthite # | 3 | {110} Imperfect | {110} Indistinct | {111} Indistinct |
| Olivenite # | 3 | {110} Indistinct | {010} Indistinct | {110} Indistinct |
| Vesuvianite # | 3 | {110} Indistinct | {100} Indistinct | {001} Indistinct |
| Anthophyllite # | 3 | {110} Perfect | {???} Distinct | {???} Distinct |
| Petarasite | 3 | {110} Perfect | {010} Good | {001} Distinct |
| Ferrogedrite | 3 | {110} Perfect | {010} Indistinct | {100} Indistinct |
| Pyroxferroite | 3 | {110} Perfect | {010} Poor | {001} Poor |
| Hauyne # | 3 | {110} Perfect | {011} Perfect | {101} Perfect |
| Enargite # | 3 | {110} Perfect | {100} Distinct | {010} Distinct |
| Humboldtine # | 3 | {110} Perfect | {100} Indistinct | {010} Indistinct |
| Barytocalcite # | 3 | {110} Perfect | {101} Perfect | {001} Distinct |
| Sodic-ferripedrizite ! | 3 | {110} Perfect | {110} Perfect | 001 Parting |
| Agrellite | 3 | {110} Perfect | {110} Perfect | {010} Poor |
| Sphalerite # | 3 | {110} Perfect | {110} Perfect | {110} Perfect |
| Murdochite # | 3 | {111} Distinct | {111} Distinct | {111} Distinct |
| Miersite # | 3 | {111} Good | {111} Good | {111} Good |
| Bixbyite # | 3 | {111} Imperfect | {111} Imperfect | {111} Imperfect |
| Lewisite ! | 3 | {111} Imperfect | {111} Imperfect | {111} Imperfect |
| Romeite # | 3 | {111} Imperfect | {111} Imperfect | {111} Imperfect |
| Senarmontite # | 3 | {111} Imperfect | {111} Imperfect | {111} Imperfect |
| Turkestanite ! | 3 | {111} Imperfect | {111} Imperfect | {111} Imperfect |
| Bariopyrochlore | 3 | {111} Indistinct | {111} Indistinct | {111} Indistinct |
| Chukhrovite-(Nd) ! | 3 | {111} Indistinct | {111} Indistinct | {111} Indistinct |
| Helvite # | 3 | {111} Indistinct | {111} Indistinct | {111} Indistinct |
| Hercynite # | 3 | {111} Indistinct | {111} Indistinct | {111} Indistinct |
| Microlite # | 3 | {111} Indistinct | {111} Indistinct | {111} Indistinct |
| Monimolite # | 3 | {111} Indistinct | {111} Indistinct | {111} Indistinct |
| Pyrochlore # | 3 | {111} Indistinct | {111} Indistinct | {111} Indistinct |
| Rhodizite # | 3 | {111} Indistinct | {111} Indistinct | {111} Indistinct |
| Yttrocerite * | 3 | {111} Perfect | {111} Perfect | [111} Perfect |
| Arsenolite # | 3 | {111} Perfect | {111} Perfect | {111} Perfect |
| Coyoteite | 3 | {111} Perfect | {111} Perfect | {111} Perfect |
| Diamond # | 3 | {111} Perfect | {111} Perfect | {111} Perfect |
| Faujasite-Ca ! | 3 | {111} Perfect | {111} Perfect | {111} Perfect |
| Faujasite-Mg ! | 3 | {111} Perfect | {111} Perfect | {111} Perfect |
| Faujasite-Na # | 3 | {111} Perfect | {111} Perfect | {111} Perfect |
| Fluorite # | 3 | {111} Perfect | {111} Perfect | {111} Perfect |
| Prosopite # | 3 | {111} Perfect | {111} Perfect | {111} Perfect |
| Qandilite | 3 | {111} Perfect | {111} Perfect | {111} Perfect |
| Scorodite # | 3 | {201} Imperfect | {100} Poor | {001} Poor |
| Lanarkite # | 3 | {201} Perfect | {401} Indistinct | {201} Indistinct |
| Gedrite # | 3 | {210} Perfect | {100} Indistinct | {001} Indistinct |
| Vistepite | 3 | {hkl} Perfect | {hkl} Perfect | {hkl} Perfect |
| Andreyivanovite ! | 3 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Haleniusite-(La) ! | 3 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Mutnovskite ! | 3 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rudashevskyite ! | 3 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
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