Definition of Splintery. Meaning of Splintery. Synonyms of Splintery

- of fractures are recognized in mineralogy: conchoidal, earthy, hackly, splintery (or fibrous), and uneven factures. Conchoidal fracture breakage that resembles...
- perfect, two directions in the shape of a diamond; fracture is uneven, splintery. It is often translucent to nearly opaque. Riebeckite was first described...
- prismatic cleavage and its fracture is uneven to irregular (sometimes splintery). It is considered brittle and its streak is white. The refractive index...
- amorphous quartz, of a slightly tougher and finer grain than jasper, and less splintery than hornstone. It was the Lydian stone or touchstone of the ancients...
- 60 g/mol Color Reddish, orange, brownish Cleavage Absent Fracture Uneven, splintery, conchoidal Mohs scale hardness 6.5–7.0 Luster Waxy to resinous Streak...
- only in very homogeneous minerals. Other types of fracture are fibrous, splintery, and hackly. The latter describes a break along a rough, jagged surface;...
- heat of intrusive igneous m****es and have been rendered m****ive, hard, splintery, and in some cases exceedingly tough and durable. These properties are...
- some mild protection from hazards on the ground, such as sharp rocks, splintery wooden surfaces, hot sand at the beach, broken gl****, or even fungi and...
- orientation of clay mineral flakes in shale, it breaks into thin layers, often splintery and usually parallel to the otherwise indistinguishable bedding planes...
- habit Intergrown grainy or fine fibrous aggregate Cleavage None Fracture Splintery Tenacity Brittle Mohs scale hardness 6–7 Diaphaneity Translucent, opaque...