Calcite Photos  
Cochise College               
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Roger Weller, geology instructor

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calcite cleavage
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Calcite has three directions of cleavage.  The cleavage directions are not at right
angles to each other, like salt, but are inclined.  The resultant shape produced by the
cleavage of calcite is called a rhombohedron.
 

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