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Definition: Octahedral iron ore
Octahedral
\Oc`ta*he"dral\, a. [See
Octahedron.]
Having eight faces or sides; of, pertaining to, or formed in,
octahedrons; as, octahedral cleavage; an octahedral crystal.
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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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