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Face Turning Pyritohedron
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A puzzle in shape of the namegiving Pyritohedron. Is allows only jumbling turns.

The puzzle's shape is mentioned in the puzzle's name. The Pyritohedron is a shape with 12 pentagonal sides but unlike the platonic dodecahedron the pentagons are irregular. Please refer to wikipedia or mathworld to learn more about this shape.
Like all puzzles based on faceturns of a non-regular shape this puzzle allows only jumbling turns.
Edge length (short): 32 mm
Edge length (long): 46 mm
Weight 74 grams

In 2018 Rapha�l Mouflin presented the Strange Megaminx, seen in image 5. This is basically the same puzzle but with slightly different cuts.
Edge length: 29 mm
Diameter: 65 mm (inner)
Weight: 89 grams

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Thank you to the following people for their assistance in helping collect the information on this page: Andreas Nortmann.

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