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Glossary of Terms

Octahedral cleavage

Type of cleavage exhibited on minerals of the isometric crystal system that crystallize as octahedrons. The method of cleavage is that flat, triangular "wedges" peel off of the existing octahedron.

Fluorite has Perfect Octahedral Cleavage



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