Compound of six pentagonal prisms

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Compound of six pentagonal prisms
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Type Uniform compound
IndexUC34
Polyhedra6 pentagonal prisms
Faces12 pentagons,
30 squares
Edges90
Vertices60
Symmetry group chiral icosahedral (I)
Subgroup restricting to one constituent5-fold dihedral (D5)

This uniform polyhedron compound is a chiral symmetric arrangement of six pentagonal prisms, aligned with the axes of fivefold rotational symmetry of a dodecahedron.

This compound shares its vertex arrangement with four uniform polyhedra as follows:

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Nonconvex great rhombicosidodecahedron
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Great dodecicosidodecahedron
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Great rhombidodecahedron
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Truncated great dodecahedron
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Compound of six pentagonal prisms
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Compound of twelve pentagonal prisms

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