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Crystal facet formation.svg en Schematic illustration of why crystals have smooth faces The rough edges have lot of dangling bonds which new atoms can easily bond to as the crystal grows The smooth planes with low surface energy and usually low Miller index have fewer dangling bonds and new atoms cannot easily attach so these planes