The Periodic Table in Art - Carbon

Carbon is naturally obtained from coal deposits, but is usually process for commercial use.  Two of the many allotropes (different forms) of carbon are graphite (used in pencils) and diamonds (used for fashion objects).  60-70 carbon atoms linked together forms a Buckminsterfullerene, or a "Buckyball.   Its structure looks like a soccer ball, it's made of twenty hexagons and twelve pentagons, with a carbon atom at each point.  It's named after Buckminster Fuller because its structure looks like his famous geodesic domes. 

My idea for this element was to draw a buckyball, surrounded by the letter C, the abbreviation for Carbon.  The atomic number is surrounded by a diamond, an allotrope of carbon.  I used a graphite pencil to create the artwork, an allotrope of carbon.