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Pencil (Achiral)

A pencil is shown with its mirror reflection. They are superimposable.

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Narrative
A pencil is shown along with its mirror reflection. (The mirror is removed and the mirror image is placed next to the original object.) The pencil is achiral because it is superimposable with its mirror image.