Hexakis Icosahedron Click Here to view Net This is a Hexakis Icosahedron. The word gon, means side, and the word hedron mean faces. So an icosagon is a 20 sided shape and an icosahedron is a 20 faced shape. The word hexakis means to add a six faced pyramid to every face. This is an interesting shape as it is nearly a sphere, it is sometimes known as a geosodic sphere. There are 15 identical near perfect circular rings surrounding this shape. Below are the main properties of the Hexakis Icosahedron: Faces = 120 Edges = 180 Verticies = 62 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