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Cleavage is a property of minerals. Sandstone is a rock type. As such it doesn't have the property of cleavage.
Cleavage is a metamorphic fabric. Sandstone is not a metamorphic rock and thus can not display a cleavage.

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Sandstone is a rock and the terms 'cleavage' and 'fracture' apply to minerals. Sandstones are commonly composed of quartz, which doesn't have cleavage and has a concoidal fracture.

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Sandstone does not have a cleavage but may split along bedding planes.

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