Synthetically made glass and natural quartz crystals both exhibit a fracture pattern termed ________.
A)glassy fracture
B)conchoidal fracture
C)one-directional cleavage
D)obtuse fracture

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Both synthetically made glass and natural quartz crystals exhibit conchoidal fracture, which is a curved, shell-like fracture pattern. This is because both materials lack a consistent crystalline structure, causing the material to break in a curved pattern rather than along a flat surface.

Synthetically Made Glass and Natural Quartz Crystals Both Exhibit a Fracture