Two Hourglass Cubes

Hourglass Cube

There are two six-member sets of hourglasses in the near-cube above, each of which is made of four not-quite-coplanar faces. One set is green and blue, while the other is magenta and blue.

If the polyhedron above is stellated nine times, the hourglasses expand until they compose the entire polyhedron. (To enlarge it, simply click on it.)

Hourglass cube

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