4-8-12 diamond

	4-8-12 Diamond
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Pattern type	Pure glider generator
Number of cells	36
Bounding box	12 × 9
Discovered by	Honeywell group
Year of discovery	1971
Pattern files
Plaintext	4812diamond.cells
RLE	4812diamond.rle

The 4-8-12 diamond is a pure glider generator that was first described in Lifeline Volume 1. It evolves into four gliders (one heading in each diagonal direction) after 15 generations.

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