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Created by Michael Ströck (mstroeck) on Februar 7, 2006 using iMol for Mac OS X and Photoshop CS2. Released under the GFDL.

Description	English: This illustration depicts eight of the allotropes (different molecular configurations) that pure carbon can take: a) Diamond b) Graphite c) Lonsdaleite d) C60 (Buckminsterfullerene) e) C540 (see Fullerene) f) C70 (see Fullerene) g) Amorphous carbon h) single-walled carbon nanotube Polski: Odmiany węgla: a) diament b) grafit c) Lonsdaleit d) fuleren C60 e) fuleren C540 f) fuleren C70 g) węgiel amorficzny h) nanorurka
Source	Created by Michael Ströck (mstroeck)
Date	Februar 7, 2006
Author	Created by Michael Ströck (mstroeck)
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current	20:51, 11 May 2008	1,762×1,895 (862 KB)	Mahahahaneapneap	(Compressed)
	05:48, 7 October 2007	1,762×1,895 (871 KB)	Whkoh	(Increased font size to improve readability of image on en:Allotropes of carbon)
	01:22, 11 April 2007	1,762×1,895 (849 KB)	CountingPine	(Optimise file size with PNGOUT)
	13:37, 18 February 2006	1,762×1,895 (1.48 MB)	Mstroeck	(== Summary == This illustration depicts eight of the allotropes (different molecular configurations) that pure carbon can take: a) Diamond b) Graphite c) Lonsdaleite d) Buckminsterfullerene (C60) e) C540 f) C70 g) [[Amor)