A What is the Wigner–Seitz cell of diamond?

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Hi everybody,
I'm struggling with some solid state physics topics. I am dealing with the Carbon diamond crystal structure, which is basically made of 2 FCC compenetrated. I really cannot visualize the WignerSeitz cell of this structure, is it possible to do it? I was thinking about visualizing the diamond conventional cell as an FCC where each basis is made of two C atoms, but I don't know if it's correct.
Is there someone who could help me to visualize it?
 
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TeethWhitener said:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triakis_truncated_tetrahedral_honeycomb
The Wigner Seitz cell for diamond isn’t trivial.
This is the geometry of the weigner seitz cell for crystal, but how can I visualize it inside of the conventional diamond cell? I can't see how is it shaped inside the conventional cell in order to obtain a cell that contain only one lattice point. And further more, when we consider the lattice point of a diamond like cell, are we considering a lattice point made of 1 or 2 atoms?
 
Baluncore said:
Okay but Wikipedia says that the tetrahedral cell is the unit cell of diamond, but it's not completely accurate. The unit cell one usually refers to is the 2 FCC compenetrated structure. What I'm trying to understand is the drawing of the primitive cell inside of a diamond crystal, how many atoms are we considering per lattice point and how can it contain only one lattice point in a so complex structure.
 
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