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Figure 3: (A) Schematic projection of the monoclinic pyroxene structure perpendicular to the c axis. (B) Control of cleavage angles by the I beams in the pyroxene structure. Relations between lamellar twinning and cleavage planes in dolomite and calcite. This difference can be discerned best when thin sections of the minerals are viewed under a microscope.

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Modified title of Web site: Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery - Cleavage. Oct 25, 2013
Added new Web site: The Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom - Cleavage. Sep 06, 2007
Added new Web site: Geological Sciences Department of California State Polytechnic University - Cleavage. Sep 06, 2007
Added new Web site: Mineralogical Society of America - Cleavage. Sep 06, 2007
Added new Web site: Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery - Cleavage. Sep 06, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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