The Rhombic Dodecahedron
A polyhedron
bounded by twelve identical rhombic faces. The diagonals of the faces are in the ratio
1:
2.
The rhombic dodecahedron is one of the thirteen archimedian duals. It is also the unit cell for face centred cubic (FCC) packing.
| Vertex Symbol |
Wythoff Symbol |
No. of Faces |
No. of Edges |
[3] Vertices |
[4] Vertices |
Symmetry Group |
Dual Polyhedron |
| V.3.4.3.4 | 2 – 3 4 | 12 | 24 | 8 | 6 | S4×C2 | Cuboctahedron |