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Texture of shape of a mineral surface when broken

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When a piece of Halite is broken, it breaks into many smaller cubes. when a mineral breaks into jagged edges. Some minerals have no planes of weakness, so they have no cleavage. Crystal Shape is the natural geometric shape of a mineral.

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