fracture cleavage

Cleavage that occurs in deformed but only slightly metamorphosed rocks along closely spaced, parallel joints and fractures. An alternative and outdated term for disjunctive cleavage. The use of this term is discouraged because of its (commonly erroneous) genetic implication

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