Polyhedron | |
Class | Number and properties |
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Platonic solids |
(5, convex, regular) |
Archimedean solids |
(13, convex, uniform) |
Kepler-Poinsot polyhedra |
(4, regular, non-convex) |
Uniform polyhedra |
(75, uniform) |
Prismatoid: prisms, antiprisms etc. |
(4 infinite uniform classes) |
Polyhedra tilings | (11 regular, in the plane) |
Quasi-regular polyhedra |
(8) |
Johnson solids | (92, convex, non-uniform) |
Pyramids and Bipyramids | (infinite) |
Stellations | Stellations |
Polyhedral compounds | (5 regular) |
Deltahedra | (Deltahedra, equalatial triangle faces) |
Snub polyhedra |
(12 uniform, not mirror image) |
Zonohedron | (Zonohedra, faces have 180°symmetry) |
Dual polyhedron | |
Self-dual polyhedron | (infinite) |
Catalan solid | (13, Archimedean dual) |
A snub polyhedron is a polyhedron obtained by adding extra triangles around each vertex.
Chiral snub polyhedra do not have reflection symmetry and hence have two enantiomorphous forms which are reflections of each other. Their symmetry groups are all point groups and are one of:
For example, the snub cube:
Snub polyhedra have Wythoff symbol | p q r and by extension, vertex configuration 3.p.3.q.3.r.
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There are 12 uniform snub polyhedra, not including the icosahedron as a snub tetrahedron, the great icosahedron as a retrosnub tetrahedron and the great disnub dirhombidodecahedron, also known as Skilling's figure.
Notes:
There is also the infinite set of antiprisms. They are formed from dihedra, degenerate regular polyhedra. Those up to hexagonal are listed below.
Snub polyhedron | Image | Original polyhedron | Symmetry group |
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Tetrahedron | Digonal dihedron | Td | |
Octahedron | Trigonal dihedron | Oh | |
Square antiprism | Tetragonal dihedron | D4d | |
Pentagonal antiprism | Pentagonal dihedron | D5d | |
Pentagrammic antiprism | Pentagrammic dihedron | D5d | |
Pentagrammic crossed-antiprism | Retrogade pentagrammic dihedron | D5d | |
Hexagonal antiprism | Hexagonal dihedron | D6d |
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Two Johnson solids are snub polyhedra: the snub disphenoid and the snub square antiprism. Neither is chiral.
Snub polyhedron | Image | Original polyhedron | Image | Symmetry group |
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Snub disphenoid | Disphenoid | D2d | ||
Snub square antiprism | Square antiprism | D4d |
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