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A very little diamond.

Each line represents a bond between two carbon atoms. The rotation is around the second-order symmetry axis of the structure.



Inside a diamond

The observer is at the center of a very little diamond (21 x 21 x 21 cubic cells). The rotation is around the second-order symmetry axis of the structure.



Inside a diamond

The rotation is around the third-order symmetry axis of the structure.



Traveling inside an infinite diamond



Promenade in a diamond



Ascension in a diamond



Upside Down in a diamond



The cubic cell of the structure of diamonds 1

The above one is seen from afar, like with a telescope. The below one is the same one without its spikes, seen up close:



The cubic cell of the structure of diamonds 2

Eight such cubic cells can be stacked :



In the structure above, the interior spikes are conserved, only the exterior ones are suppressed.



27 = 3 x 3 x 3 cells





Rotation around the third-order symmetry axis