Icositetrahedron
With icositetrahedron one generally designates a polyhedron whose surface is composed of 24 flat polygons. In practice, only the deltoidalikositetrahedron , which is used in mineralogy and has special symmetries, is of major importance .
Types
designation | composition | Number of corners | Number of edges | image |
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Deltoidal icositetrahedron | 24 kite squares | 26th | 48 edges. | |
Tetrakis hexahedron | 24 triangles | 14th | 36 | |
Triakis octahedron | 24 triangles | 14th | 36 | |
Pentagonikositetrahedron | 24 pentagons | 38 | 60 | |
threefold expanded dodecahedron | 15 triangles and 9 pentagons | 23 | 45 | |
Disphenocingulum | 20 equilateral triangles and 4 squares | 16 | 38 |