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How many atoms are there in the basis for the diamond crystal structure?

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In most cases, a diamond consists of a crystal structure that contains a face-centered cubic Bravais lattice and two atoms in the basis. Each carbon atom indexes with 4 different carbon atoms taking the shape of triangular prisms or regular tetrahedrons.in regular tetrahedrons (triangular prisms)

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