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Buckyball fullerene from neodymium supermagnet spheres

MAGNET SALE AT MR. GEORGE! http://www.supermagnetman.net/index.php?cPath=43 He's got 8mm sp1000 spheres for $0.30, sp0701 silver for $0.34 See http://amasci.com/amateur/neospher.html Here's the trick to rapidly assembling a buckyball from sixty supermagnet beads. Note that this isn't a true Buckminster Fullerene, since magnets are dipoles while carbon atoms are quadrupoles. True buckyballs have hexagons and pentagons, while ours has squares and is slightly smaller. The big challenge: start with two pentagons, then assemble two hemispheres. (This is how it happens in nature.) Then knit the two hemispheres seamlessly together, trapping a glass marble or other gigantic ionized metal atom within. It's harder than it looks! Note: Trolls & spammers blocked immediately. Zero tolerance.

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