Comment on I must con(FeS₂), this sparked a laugh

MrSelfDestruct@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• Dayroom7485@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  That‘s the worst part: at an atomic scale, the fucker is made out of smaller… cubes

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  sketchfab.com/…/crystal-structure-of-pyrite-3add2…

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  • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Those appear to octahedrons

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    • gooballer@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      the dual of a cube is an octahedron after all

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      • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        The dual is kinda the exact opposite, by definition. From an orthogonal perspective, cube is the wrongest possible word.

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