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It is a tesselated tetrahedron shape.
To explain.
Taking methane CH4 . The four hydrogens are at the points of a tetrahedron.
Substitute the four hydrogens , with four carbons. Each carbon still forms the points of a tetrahedron. However, each carbon forms its own tetrahedron.. So the diamond structute becomes a tesselation of tetrahedrons. This is known as the 'Adamantine' structure.
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BeauNo, diamond is not a triangle shape. Diamond is a four-sided figure with two pairs of parallel sides that are not equal in length. It is more commonly described as a rhombus shape, which is a type of quadrilateral.
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What does diamond and triangle make?
diamond triangle
What is the sum of a angles of a diamond?
It is 360 degrees.
What shape does it make when you put two triangles together?
Sliding them together makes a Big Triangle, flipping them makes a Diamond.
Is a triangle geometric or organic shape?
A triangle is a geometric shape.
Is a diamond a triangle?
No. A diamond as in a baseball diamond has four sides, making it a quadrilateral not a triangle. A diamond as in the kind in jewelry usually has five sides making it a pentagon. And also, a diamond would usually be 3 dimensional, and a triangle can only be two dimensional.
