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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Octahedral  \Oc`ta*he"dral\,  a.  [See  {Octahedron}.] 
  Having  eight  faces  or  sides;  of  pertaining  to  or  formed  in 
  octahedrons;  as  octahedral  cleavage. 
 
  {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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