Cleavage is a very useful aid for mineral identification. For example, mica shows a good cleavage in one direction, readily splitting into thin sheets. This is because the bonding between atoms within the sheets is much stronger than the bonding between the sheets. Minerals may have one, two, three, four or six directions of cleavage.
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