An Icosahedron, Augmented by Snub Dodecahedra, Plus Two Versions of a Related Polyhedral Cluster

Icosa augmented by snub dodecahedra

Because the snub dodecahedron is chiral, the polyhedral cluster, above, is also chiral, as only one enantiomer of the snub dodecahedron was used when augmenting the single icosahedron, which is hidden at the center of the cluster.

As is the case with all chiral polyhedra, this cluster can be used to make a compound of itself, and its own enantiomer (or “mirror-image”):

Compound of enantiomorphic pair of snub-dodeca-augemented icosahedra

The image above uses the same coloring-scheme as the first image shown in this post. If, however, the two enantiomorphic components are each given a different overall color, this second cluster looks quite different:

Compound of enantiomorphic pair of snub-dodeca-augemented icosahedra colored by chirality

All three of these virtual models were created using Stella 4d, software available at this website.

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