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Master gem 4 rhombic triacontahedron
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A truncated teraminx.

After the inventor figured out that a 4x4x4 rhombic dodecahedron, just like Gem V, can be truncated to the "gem" version, into the shape of a truncated cuboctahedron, he also figured that a 6x6x6 cube can be truncated the same way to get a master version of a Gem IV into the shape of a truncated cuboctahedron.
After Ilya Toporgilka truncated a 6x6x6, a few months later he did the same with a teraminx. Just the stickering makes the solve so much different compared with a regular teraminx. These things sometimes happen while solving shape mods. They can be different than the puzzles they are made out of. The greatest example would be a 4x4x4 Trajber's octahedron.
Ilya Toporgilka does not recommend to make any mods out of an mf8 teraminx because after truncating the corners and some of the edges can sink during turns(the mechanism is hollow and truncated pieces have smaller heads which hold them less). And there is currently no mass produced teraminx which has both torpedoes and proportional edges. A 6x6x6 out of a cube, however, does not have any issues.

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