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Octahedron Stars

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The octahedron, one of the classic polyhedrons, is enclosed by eight equilateral triangles. If you put a tripartite pyramid on each triangle you get a diversity of complex polyhedral forms. And if you do this a second time, you will see polyhedral forms of stars.