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The background image is a view of the C60 "buckyball". This
allotropic form of carbon was discovered in the early 1980's. Additional
carbon-cage structures have been discovered since then. Collectively, these
structures are called fullerenes. The other two allotropic forms
of carbon, diamond and graphite, have been known much longer. A number
of fullerene structures
are available here.
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