Fundamentals and crystallography
Cleavage
The property of a crystal to separate along defined crystallographic planes under an external force. Diamond has perfect cleavage parallel to the {111} planes.
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TERM USAGE
How this term is used on the platform
- Synonyms / variants
- cleavage plane
- Editorial note
- Cleavage is a property of the crystal; cleaving is the manufacturing process that uses it.
FORM IN THE CROATIAN EDITION
How the Croatian edition writes this term
- Level
- Official Croatian term
- Form
- kalavost
- First mention in a chapter
- kalavost (cleavage)
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House of KacinariDiamonds: The Book
Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje (IHJJ), CroatiaStruna – Hrvatsko strukovno nazivljePrimary internal terminology and context source across 105 chapters.
Croatian terminology database (Croatia); cited per subject field for the official Croatian form of a term. A term attested in one field is not automatically the gemological term.