conchoidal fracture

way that brittle materials break or fracture when they do not follow any natural planes of separation

Class type of: fracture Q2747476

Facts

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Subclass of: fracture^[1]

🏷️ Also known as

en conchoidal fracture ar مكسر محاري cs Konchoidální cs Konchoidální lom de Muscheliger Bruch es Fractura concoidea fa شکستگی صدفی fr cassure conchoïdale fr conchoidal fr conchoïdal it frattura concoide ja 貝殻状断口 nl conchoïdale breuk nl schelpvormige breuk pt Fractura conchoidal pt Fractura concoidal pt Fractura concoide pt Fractura concóide pt Fratura conchoidal pt Fratura conchoide

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Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: science/conchoidal-fracture
Freebase ID: /m/0278jn
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued): 148609254

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🔗 Connections

← Mineral fracture 11

diamond, quartz, obsidian, albite, spessartine, epsomite, hyalophane, zincolivenite +3 more

Subclass of 1

fracture

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[1] ↑ conchoidal fracture — subclass of (P279): fracture. wikidata.org.

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