If a mineral cleaves into thin sheets, it probably has:
A) no well-defined cleavage planes
B) three directions of cleavage
C) fractures rather than cleavage
D) one dominant direction of cleavage
E) none of these

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Minerals that cleave into thin sheets typically have one dominant direction of cleavage, allowing them to split along that plane into flat, sheet-like pieces.

If a Mineral Cleaves into Thin Sheets, It Probably Has