Sectility is the ability to be cut into pieces. Metals and paper are sectile. Sectility can be used to distinguish minerals of similar appearance. For example, gold is sectile but pyrite (`fool`s gold`) is not. Sectility in metals is a result of metallic bonding, where valence (bonding) electrons are delocalized and can flow freely between atom......
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• (n.) The state or quality of being sectile.
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(from the article `mineral`) ...the blows of a hammer into thin sheets without breaking or crumbling into fragments (most of the native elements show various degrees of ...
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Sec·til'i·ty noun The state or quality of being sectile.
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