In geometry, a regular octahedron is an eight-sided polyhedron with equilateral triangles as its faces. Known for its highly symmetrical form, the regular octahedron is a Platonic solid, and more gene
Sketch of a regular octahedron by Johannes Kepler
Kepler's Platonic solid model of the Solar System
Fluorite with octahedral structure
Two identically formed Rubik's Snakes can approximate an octahedron.
In geometry, the truncated octahedron is the Archimedean solid that arises from a regular octahedron by removing six equilateral square pyramids, one at each of the octahedron's vertices. The truncate
Fourteen-sided Chinese dice
model made with Polydron construction set