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Rhombohedral cleavage
Title
Rhombohedral cleavage
Subject
Three intersecting cleavage planes. A mineral with rhombohedral cleavage will break up along its cleavage planes into perfect rhombohedra. Calcite, for example, has rhombohedral cleavage.
Description
Have a look at calcite (M540, M541, M542) in the 1A Reference Collection.
Collection
Citation
“Rhombohedral cleavage,” 1A Collections, accessed April 9, 2024, https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/items/show/250.