Hexakis Octahedron Click Here to view Net This is a Hexakis Octahedron. The word gon, means side, and the word hedron mean faces. So an octagon is an 8 sided shape and an Octahedron is an 8 faced shape. The word hexakis means to add a six faced pyramid to every face. Below are the main properties of the Hexakis Octahedron: Faces = 48 Edges = 72 Verticies = 26 If you would like to view the net for this shape please click on the picture above. These nets are in PDF format, to view, download the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader. ______________________________________________________ Edward Holmes, SMC @ CCMS, shapemakingclub@btconnect.com