The structure of buckminsterfullerene has hexagonal rings and pentagonal rings in them.

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Buckminsterfullerene $(C_{60})$ has sixty carbon atoms in its molecule. It has carbon atoms arranged in the shapes of twenty hexagonal and twelve pentagonal rings. These hexagonal and pentagonal rings of carbon atoms fuse together to form a structure resembling to that of a soccer ball as shown below.

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