Cleavage refers to the way minerals break along specific planes of weakness. The primary types include perfect cleavage, where minerals break smoothly along flat surfaces, such as mica; imperfect cleavage, seen in minerals like feldspar, where breaks are somewhat irregular; and conchoidal cleavage, characterized by curved, shell-like fractures, as observed in quartz. Additionally, some minerals may exhibit fibrous cleavage, where they break into thin fibers, as seen in asbestos.
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