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Spherical fullerenes are carbon allotropes.

Spherical fullerenes are carbon allotropes. They may be called bucky balls or buckminsterfullerenes.

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Buckminsterfullerene is C60. It is the smallest fullerene molecule in which no two pentagons share an edge. It is found naturally, as in soot.

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