Two Polyhedral Compounds: the Icosidodecahedron with the Truncated Cube, and the Rhombic Triacontahedron with the Triakis Octahedron

Compound of Icosidodeca and Trunc Cube

These two compounds, above and below, are duals. Also, in each of them, one polyhedron with icosidodecahedral symmetry is combined with a second polyhedron with cuboctahedral symmetry to form a compound with pyritohedral symmetry: the symmetry of a standard volleyball.

Compound of RTC and Triakis octahedron also pyritohedral

A program called Stella 4d was used to make these compounds, and create these images. It may be purchased, or tried for free, at this website.

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