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Likewise, truncating the vertices of the icosidodecahedron and then adjusting the

edges to be equal yields the truncated icosidodecahedron which can be further

truncated to the rhombicosidodecahedron. Both have icosidodecahedron symmetry.

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Fig. 16a

Fig. 16b

Fig. 16c

*Icosidodecahedron

*Truncated

*Rhombicosidodecahedron

icosidodecahedron

Required parts

90 triangles

200 triangles

80 triangles

120 pinges

90 squares

30 squares

540 pinges

180 pinges

Fig. 16 - Truncating the icosidodecahedron

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