Solids with icosahedral symmetry explained

See main article: Icosahedral symmetry.

Solids with full icosahedral symmetry

Platonic solids - regular polyhedra (all faces of the same type)

Archimedean solids - polyhedra with more than one polygon face type.

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Catalan solids - duals of the Archimedean solids.

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Platonic solids

NamePictureFacesEdgesVerticesEdges per faceFaces meeting
at each vertex
dodecahedron
(Animation)
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icosahedron50px|Icosahedron
(Animation)
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Achiral Archimedean solids

NamepictureFacesEdgesVerticesVertex configuration
icosidodecahedron
(quasi-regular: vertex- and edge-uniform)
50px|Icosidodecahedron
(Video)
3220 triangles
12 pentagons
60303,5,3,5
truncated dodecahedron50px|Truncated dodecahedron
(Video)
3220 triangles
12 decagons
90603,10,10
truncated icosahedron
or commonly football (soccer ball)
50px|Truncated icosahedron
(Video)
3212 pentagons
20 hexagons
90605,6,6
rhombicosidodecahedron
or small rhombicosidodecahedron
50px|Rhombicosidodecahedron
(Video)
6220 triangles
30 squares
12 pentagons
120603,4,5,4
truncated icosidodecahedron
or great rhombicosidodecahedron
50px|Truncated icosidodecahedron
(Video)
6230 squares
20 hexagons
12 decagons
1801204,6,10

Achiral Catalan solids

NamepictureDual Archimedean solidFacesEdgesVerticesFace Polygon
rhombic triacontahedron
(quasi-regular dual: face- and edge-uniform)
50px|Rhombic triacontahedron
(Video)
icosidodecahedron306032rhombus
triakis icosahedron50px|Triakis icosahedron
(Video)
truncated dodecahedron609032isosceles triangle
pentakis dodecahedron50px|Pentakis dodecahedron
(Video)
truncated icosahedron609032isosceles triangle
deltoidal hexecontahedron50px|Deltoidal hexecontahedron
(Video)
rhombicosidodecahedron6012062kite
disdyakis triacontahedron
or hexakis icosahedron
50px|Disdyakis triacontahedron
(Video)
truncated icosidodecahedron12018062scalene triangle

Achiral nonconvex uniform polyhedra

Chiral Archimedean and Catalan solids

Archimedean solids:

Catalan solids:

See also