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  Platonic solid -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The tetrahedron, cube, and octahedron, are found naturally in (A crystalline element used as a component in various electronic devices) crystal structures.
The dodecahedron is combinatorially identical to the pyritohedron (in that both have twelve pentagonal faces), which is one of the possible crystal structures of (A common mineral (iron disulfide) that has a pale yellow color) pyrite.
However, the pyritohedron is not a regular dodecahedron, but rather has the same symmetry as the cube.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pl/platonic_solid.htm   (1244 words)

  
 Minerals of the Bluffton Stone Co. Quarry
However, several different crystal forms of pyrite have been reported in the Bluffton quarry including cube, octahedron, pyritohedron, and diploid.
Of these, the most common form observed from this locality is pyritohedron.
As is common in pyrite from the State, most crystals show modifications of other crystal forms.
www.rockmanjoe.com /bluffton.htm   (3710 words)

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