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@@ -530,14 +530,6 @@ classDiagram
   style Mineral fill:#bbf,stroke:#f66,stroke-width:2px,color:#fff,stroke-dasharray: 5 5
 ```
 
-```mermaid
-classDiagram
-  class Animal
-  class Mineral
-  style Animal fill:#f9f,stroke:#333,stroke-width:4px
-  style Mineral fill:#bbf,stroke:#f66,stroke-width:2px,color:#fff,stroke-dasharray: 5 5
-```
-
 #### Classes
 
 More convenient than defining the style every time is to define a class of styles and attach this class to the nodes that