octahedral cleavage
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Related to octahedral cleavage: Prismatic cleavage, Basal cleavage
octahedral cleavage
[¦äk·tə¦hē·drəl ′klē·vij] (crystallography)
Crystal cleavage in the four planes parallel to the face of the octahedron.
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