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Rhombic dodecahedron
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Geometry/wTQf5ffQ">geometry</a>, the rhombic dodecahedron is a <a href="/facts/Polyhedron/UC0p9FTF">convex polyhedron</a> with 12 <a href="/facts/Congruence_(geometry)/2tKJ6AhB">congruent</a> <a href="/facts/Rhombus/T4pU50GF">rhombic</a> <a href="/facts/Face_(geometry)/T2E6BTU4">faces</a>. It has 24 <a href="/facts/Edge_(geometry)/3lFN6sEz">edges</a>, and 14 <a href="/facts/Vertex_(geometry)/ID3cea9z">vertices</a> of 2 types. As a <a href="/facts/Catalan_solid/R8D2cP7D">Catalan solid</a>, it is the <a href="/facts/Dual_polyhedron/rkIHbmAf">dual polyhedron</a> of the <a href="/facts/Cuboctahedron/hD7p0Mem">cuboctahedron</a>. As a <a href="/facts/Parallelohedron/4B0xFmsg">parallelohedron</a>, the rhombic dodecahedron can be used to <a href="/facts/Honeycomb_(geometry)/seyRBcel">tesselate its copies in space</a> creating a <a href="/facts/Rhombic_dodecahedral_honeycomb/1wjLc5oW">rhombic dodecahedral honeycomb</a>. There are some variations of the rhombic dodecahedron, one of which is the <a href="/facts/Bilinski_dodecahedron/5s2cxk2I">Bilinski dodecahedron</a>. There are some stellations of the rhombic dodecahedron, one of which is the <a href="/facts/Escher%27s_solid/auSpBvbQ">Escher's solid</a>. The rhombic dodecahedron may also appear in the <a href="/facts/Garnet/kqh2lWQI">garnet</a> crystal, the architectural philosophies, practical usages, and toys. </p>