Creating a polygon (sphere) out of an unsorted list of points

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Hi! I have a blocky sphere generation and I want to convert it to a sphere out of triangles generator. I already have the code for the triangles which accepts 3 points and makes a triangle. However, how do I find those 3 points in an array of points around the sphere? Is there an algorithm to sort them?

Code I have so far:

local ServerStorage = game:GetService("ServerStorage")

local modules = ServerStorage.Modules
local Triangle = require(modules.Triangle)

math.randomseed(tick())

local planet = workspace.Planet

local function checkRadius(dist, minRadius, maxRadius)
	local isBorder = (dist >= minRadius and dist <= maxRadius)
	
	return isBorder
end

local function generatePlanet(planetRadius, position, resolution)
	local Points = {}
	
	local planetDiamater = planetRadius * 2	
	
	local centerCFrame = CFrame.new(position)
	
	for x = 0, planetDiamater do
		for z = 0, planetDiamater do
			for y = 0, planetDiamater do
				local width = planetDiamater * resolution
				local offset = CFrame.new(-(width / 2) - resolution / 2, -(width / 2) - resolution / 2, -(width / 2) - resolution / 2)	
				local minRadius, maxRadius = planetRadius - resolution, planetRadius			
				local blockCF = centerCFrame * CFrame.new(x * resolution, y * resolution, z * resolution)	 * offset
				local isInRadius = checkRadius((centerCFrame.Position - blockCF.Position).Magnitude, minRadius, maxRadius)
												
				if isInRadius then
					local part = Instance.new("Part")
					part.Material = Enum.Material.SmoothPlastic
					part.Anchored = true
					part.Size = Vector3.new(resolution, resolution, resolution)
					part.CFrame = blockCF
					part.CastShadow = false
					part.Parent = planet
					
					table.insert(Points, blockCF.Position)
				end
			end
		end
		
		wait()
	end
	
	print("Done generating")
end

generatePlanet(30, Vector3.new(0, 0, 0), 4)

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