It can be made from a truncated octahedron by dividing the hexagonal faces into three rhombi: Let φ be the golden ratio.
If the edge length of a rhombic triacontahedron is a, surface area, volume, the radius of an inscribed sphere (tangent to each of the rhombic triacontahedron's faces) and midradius, which touches the middle of each edge are:[1] where φ is the golden ratio.
This polyhedron is a part of a sequence of rhombic polyhedra and tilings with [n, 3] Coxeter group symmetry.
Woodworker Jane Kostick builds boxes in the shape of a rhombic triacontahedron.
[6] The simple construction is based on the less than obvious relationship between the rhombic triacontahedron and the cube.
Roger von Oech's "Ball of Whacks" comes in the shape of a rhombic triacontahedron.