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  Glossary of Rock and Mineral Terms - B
Minerals with basal cleavage can sometimes be "peeled", like minerals of Mica group.
Basal sliding primarily affects glaciers in warm climates or mid-latitude mountain ranges.
Also known as basal pinicoid (synonym to base).
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 Minerals Glossary,Industrial Minerals Dictionary,Minerals Definitions,Minerals Terminology,Minerals Descriptions
It is a type of cleavage which is exhibited on a horizontal plane of a mineral by the way of its base.
Minerals having basal cleavage are sometimes "peeled." One of the example of basal cleavage is the minerals of Mica group.
It is the top and bottom closing points of a crystal.
www.mineralszone.com /glossary/minerals-glossary-b.html   (646 words)

  
 Glossary of Rock and Mineral Terms - P
When in reference to a crystal type, it refers to an elongated crystal.
Type of cleavage exhibited on some prismatic and tabular minerals where they cleave on the pinicoidal plane, which is the third dimension aside from the basal and prismatic sides, which they may also cleave on.
Aggregate composed of small, spherical particles, larger in size and commonly more distorted than oolitic minerals.
www.inlandlapidary.com /user_area/glossaryP.asp   (2529 words)

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