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cleavage

tendency of crystalline materials to split along definite crystallographic structural planes
Class type of: quality, fracture Q107400

Facts

6 properties
Subclass of
quality, fracture[1][2]
Facet of
crystallography[3]
Described by source
Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[4]
Different from
cleavage[6]
Main Wikidata property
P693[5]
Model item
mineral cleavage[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en cleavage ar انفصام البلورة ar انفلاق بلوري ar انفصام بلوري cs štěpnost de Spaltbarkeit es clivaje es Exfoliacion es exfoliación fa تورق fa رخ fa کلیواژ fi lohkeavuus fr clivage he פצילות hi विदलन id Bersihan it sfaldatura ja 劈開 ja へき開
🔖 Identifiers · 15
De Agostini ID
sfaldatùra
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
3DWMkQ
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
147648
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/cleavage-mineralogy
Freebase ID
/m/06434w
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
4246130
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
spainost-ef4b0f
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
basal-cleavage
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
69641334
NALT ID
309256
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
1457289
Open Library subject ID
cleavage
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Treccani ID
sfaldatura
Treccani Vocabulary ID
sfaldatura
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID
sfaldatura

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🔗 Connections
Named after 5
orthoclase, euclase, periclase, clinoclase, alloclasite
Subclass of 2
quality, fracture
Different from 1
cleavage
Facet of 1
crystallography
← Different from 1
cleavage
← FactGrid item ID 1
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Influence

Things named for cleavage include orthoclase[8], a mineral species[9]; euclase[10], a mineral species[11]; periclase[12], a mineral species[13]; clinoclase[14], a mineral species[15]; and alloclasite[16], a mineral species[17].

Why It Matters

Entities named for cleavage include orthoclase[8], a mineral species[9]; euclase[10], a mineral species[11]; periclase[12], a mineral species[13]; clinoclase[14], a mineral species[15]; and alloclasite[16], a mineral species[17].

Related Entities

crystallography

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  1. 17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main Wikidata property → P693
    Model item → mineral cleavage
    Different from → cleavage
    Described by source → Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #40849: ZGBK ID"
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