Geometric Variations
Its construction is topologically the same as that of:
- The small stellated dodecahedron (with very tall pyramids).
- Great pentakis dodecahedron (with extremely tall pyramids)
- Wenninger's third stellation of icosahedron (with inverted pyramids).
If one affixes pentagrammic pyramids into Wenninger's third stellation of icosahedron one obtains the great icosahedron.
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