In which among the following, the hollow, sphere, ellipsoid, or tube arrangements of Carbon Atoms can be seen?

In which among the following, the hollow, sphere, ellipsoid, or tube arrangements of Carbon Atoms can be seen?
[A]Diamond
[B]Graphite
[C]Fullerene
[D] Lonsdaleite

Fullerene
Fullerenes are a form of carbon molecule that is neither graphite nor diamond. They consist of a spherical, ellipsoid, or cylindrical arrangement of dozens of carbon atoms. Fullerenes were named after Richard Buckminster Fuller, an architect known for the design of geodesic domes which resemble spherical fullerenes in appearance. A spherical fullerene looks like a soccer ball, and are often called “buckyballs,” whereas cylindrical fullerenes are known as “Bucky tubes” or “nanotubes”. A fullerene is a pure carbon molecule composed of at least 60 atoms of carbon.


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