A crystal of cubic pyrite
We find the cubes in nature, for example, in a crystal of cubic pyrite.
The image has been used in the book Il ritmo delle forme - The rhythm of the shapes.
© Franco Valoti
foto di Franco Valoti
The image belongs to the sections...:
From "fragments of topology" (From "XlaTangente")
From "towards the 4th dimension" (From "XlaTangente")
Minerals (Anthology of images)
Minerals (Symmetry)
Polyhedra around the world (3D geometry)
Further information:
http://specchi.mat.unimi.it/