conchoidal in English

adjective
1
denoting a type of fracture in a solid (such as flint or quartz) that results in a smooth rounded surface resembling the shape of a scallop shell.
It occurs on conchoidal fracture surfaces developed in clay and tuffaceous sandstone on the Green Velvet claims, Inyo County, and as ‘specimens’ on the Wakefield property near Pozo, San Luis Obispo County.

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1. No cleavage, fracture conchoidal, hardness probably 2–3,Dmeas.

2. The streak of Arkose is white whereas its fracture is conchoidal

3. Agaphite – A turquoise varietal name, given is 1806 to a conchoidal turquoise occurring in a porphyry or lava

4. No cleavage, fracture conchoidal, hardness about 3,Dx=6.90 g/cm3, colour yellow, luster more or less adamantine.

5. Both Chert and flint have a smooth, curved (conchoidal) fracture, but flint tends to break with thinner, sharper edges

6. The results show that main cause of conchoidal fracture forming is that composition segregation in solidification grain boundary of casting steel reduces the resistance of crack propagation.

7. Brickleness İlgili Terimler brittle Emotionally fragile, easily offended brittle Inflexible, may break or snap easily under stress or pressure brittle Not physically tough or tenacious; apt to break or crumble when bending brittle Said of rocks and minerals with a conchoidal fracture; …