What differentiates cleavage from fracture?

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Cleavage is a natural break along a plane of weak bonding within a mineral's crystal structure. Cleavage will result in smaller pieces of the mineral, all with the same geometry as the original crystal. Fracture is a break that results from a mineral having relatively equal strength bonds in all directions that make up its crystal form. Consequently, all the products of fracture are different and irregular or conchoidal shapes.

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