Its interior angles are 45°, 105°, 60°, and 150°. The name is due to Masayoshi Iwai. He designed a puzzle consisting of 48 aboloiamonds in a dodecagonal tray.
Here I study the problem of determining the convex spectrum of the aboloiamond. The convex spectrum of a plane figure is the set of numbers n for which exactly n copies of the figure can be joined to form a convex shape. For a survey of convex spectra in general, and some surprising results, see Erich Friedman's Math Magic for April 1999.
You can download a page of printable aboloiamonds here: { A4 } { letter size }
The tilings below are keyed by color:
![]() | Dr. Karl Scherer |
![]() | Greg Frederickson, 2006 |
![]() | George Sicherman, 2013 |
![]() | Andrew Bayly, 2025 |
So the known convex spectrum of the monaboloiamond is {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 18, 20, 24, 26, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48}. If you find any other values, please write!
Last revised 2026-07-14.