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Octahedral   Listen
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octahedral  adj.  Having eight faces or sides; of, pertaining to, or formed in, octahedrons; as, octahedral cleavage; an octahedral crystal.
octahedral borax (Chem.), borax obtained from a saturated solution in octahedral crystals, which contain five molecules of water of crystallization; distinguished from common or prismatic borax.
Octahedral iron ore (Min.), magnetite.






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"Octahedral" Quotes from Famous Books



... form is best. The double-cut brilliant is the most common form at the present day. The general form of rough, crystallized diamonds is that of two square pyramids joined at their bases. The crystals are oftenest found octahedral and dodecahedral—that is, eight and twelve sided, and the diamond-cutter takes advantage of these forms in shaping ...
— Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania • Jewett Castello Gilson



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