WOLFRAM|DEMONSTRATIONS PROJECT

Rings of Dodecahedra

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separate rings
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Dodecahedra are attached face to face along the edges of golden rhombi, ten of which are arranged in a ring; the rings are then stacked to form a tubular structure. Notice that this ring of ten rhombi corresponds to a zone of the rhombic triacontahedron.