Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

*cleavage*

Spanish translation:

exfoliación o clivaje

Added to glossary by caere
May 7, 2010 10:03
14 yrs ago
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English term

*cleavage*

English to Spanish Other Mining & Minerals / Gems
Morning!

Please, help me with this term. Context: characteristics of gemstones

durability (absence of *cleavage*).

I've found *división*, but I'm not so sure about it.
Thanks
Proposed translations (Spanish)
4 +2 exfoliación o clivaje
Change log

May 18, 2010 05:32: caere Created KOG entry

Discussion

slothm May 7, 2010:
Cleavage. Valeria, la consulta ya fue realizada y se encuentra en el glosario KudoZ.

Proposed translations

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exfoliación o clivaje

Es la propiedad que presentan algunos minerales de partirse preferentemente por planos paralelos que corresponden a planos de mayor densidad atómica de la estructura cristalina.
Note from asker:
Thanks!!
Peer comment(s):

agree MPGS : :)
18 mins
Gracias MPGS
agree slothm : En cristalografía y mineralogía, clivaje. En química y genética, ruptura.
5 hrs
Gracias slothm
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