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COUTANCEAU CLARKE1 has reported twelve new close packings of identical spheres, bringing the total of such packings known from six to eighteen. Here I describe further close packings (completing several subsets of the whole) and relate some of the ‘new’ packings to known crystal structures.
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SMITH, A. Periodic Close Packings of Identical Spheres. Nature Physical Science 246, 10–11 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci246010a0
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