Leland explains:
>That is why slates break--we say cleave--along planar surfaces--they break
parallel to the cleavage directions of the tiny mica flakes.<
So that explains Joe Jenkins' (author of Slate Roof Bible) bumper sticker:
"I brake for cleavage."
Rudy
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