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The perimeter of a regular hexagon of side length is, of course, , its maximal diameter , and its minimal diameter . There is no Platonic Solid made of regular hexagons. The Archimedean Solid s with some hexagonal faces are the Truncated Tetrahedron , Truncated Octahedron , Truncated Icosahedron (of Soccer ball and Fullerene fame), Truncated Cuboctahedron and the Truncated Icosidodecahedron . HEXAGONS: IN NATURE AND BY HUMANKIND |
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