Uploaded December 2012 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This lattice or surface is different from the Neovius surface, as that one has a cubic cell with a central chamber with 12 tunnels to the 12 edges of the cube, with each tunnel connecting to 3 neighboring units. This surface however, has a rhombic dodecahedron as a cell with a central chamber with 12 tunnels, one to each face of the rhombic dodecahedron. Each tunnel connects just to 1 neighboring unit. When observing at the space between the units, one can find both octahedral and tetrahedral chambers, octahedral chambers connected to tetrahedral chambers only and vise versa.
This lattice or surface is different from the Neovius surface, as that one has a cubic cell with a central chamber with 12 tunnels to the 12 edges of the cube, with each tunnel connecting to 3 neighboring units. This surface however, has a rhombic dodecahedron as a cell with a central chamber with 12 tunnels, one to each face of the rhombic dodecahedron. Each tunnel connects just to 1 neighboring unit. When observing at the space between the units, one can find both octahedral and tetrahedral chambers, octahedral chambers connected to tetrahedral chambers only and vise versa.
