Geometry and Nature Illinois Geometry Lab Minerals Tetrahedron Cube Octahedron Dodecahedron Hexagonal Prism Molecules Tetrahedron Truncated Icosahedron Hexagonal Prism Geometry and Nature Illinois Geometry Lab University of Illinois, at Urbana-Champaign October 9, 2013
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Geometry andNature
IllinoisGeometry Lab
MineralsTetrahedron
Cube
Octahedron
Dodecahedron
Hexagonal Prism
MoleculesTetrahedron
TruncatedIcosahedron
Hexagonal Prism
Geometry and Nature
Illinois Geometry Lab
University of Illinois, at Urbana-Champaign
October 9, 2013
Geometry andNature
IllinoisGeometry Lab
MineralsTetrahedron
Cube
Octahedron
Dodecahedron
Hexagonal Prism
MoleculesTetrahedron
TruncatedIcosahedron
Hexagonal Prism
Geometric Solids
Many geometric solids actually occur in nature.
Geometry andNature
IllinoisGeometry Lab
MineralsTetrahedron
Cube
Octahedron
Dodecahedron
Hexagonal Prism
MoleculesTetrahedron
TruncatedIcosahedron
Hexagonal Prism
Minerals
Mineral crystals grow into regular, geometric shapes.
Geometry andNature
IllinoisGeometry Lab
MineralsTetrahedron
Cube
Octahedron
Dodecahedron
Hexagonal Prism
MoleculesTetrahedron
TruncatedIcosahedron
Hexagonal Prism
Tetrahedron
Tetrahedrite
Geometry andNature
IllinoisGeometry Lab
MineralsTetrahedron
Cube
Octahedron
Dodecahedron
Hexagonal Prism
MoleculesTetrahedron
TruncatedIcosahedron
Hexagonal Prism
Cube
Pyrite
Geometry andNature
IllinoisGeometry Lab
MineralsTetrahedron
Cube
Octahedron
Dodecahedron
Hexagonal Prism
MoleculesTetrahedron
TruncatedIcosahedron
Hexagonal Prism
Octahedron
Magnetite
Geometry andNature
IllinoisGeometry Lab
MineralsTetrahedron
Cube
Octahedron
Dodecahedron
Hexagonal Prism
MoleculesTetrahedron
TruncatedIcosahedron
Hexagonal Prism
Dodecahedron
Pyrite
Geometry andNature
IllinoisGeometry Lab
MineralsTetrahedron
Cube
Octahedron
Dodecahedron
Hexagonal Prism
MoleculesTetrahedron
TruncatedIcosahedron
Hexagonal Prism
Hexagonal Prism
Quartz
Geometry andNature
IllinoisGeometry Lab
MineralsTetrahedron
Cube
Octahedron
Dodecahedron
Hexagonal Prism
MoleculesTetrahedron
TruncatedIcosahedron
Hexagonal Prism
Molecules
A number of molecules also have geometric structure.