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Description : A twisted icosahedron. Like the twisted octahedron it has sets of parellel struts - in this case 5 sets of 6 struts. The triangular channels these run through are the shape of a golden gnomon, the triangle made from joining three consequetive points on a pentagon. This makes it another popular choice for wooden puzzles, as is described in this discussion of the Jupiter

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