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The allotrope of carbon which has 60 carbon atoms is Buckminster fullerene.

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Fullerene

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Fullerene

The phenomenon by which an element exists in two or more different crystalline or amorphous forms is called allotropy. Fullerene, one of the allotropes of carbon has 60 carbon atoms.

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