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In this investigation, we model zincblende with a crystal basis consisting of two spheres having independently variable radii and dielectric constants. Electromagnetic calculations implemented in the MIT Photonic Bands package (MPB) are used to compute the dispersion relations and determine the size and location of complete photonic bandgaps as a function of the structural and materials parameters. We examine both single and binary compositions, in which the dielectric constants of the constituent spheres are equal or unequal, respectively. Bandgap sizes are found up to 31.9% (gap-to-midgap ratio) in the inverse structure and 13.9% in the direct structure. These gap sizes compare favorably with those of inverse diamond (30.7%, ε = 16) and inverse opal (8.0%, ε = 16). Symmetry reduction at the lattice points of the diamond structure (via a basis of spheres of different size) opens a bandgap between the fifth and sixth bands in the direct structure. 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Electromagnetic calculations implemented in the MIT Photonic Bands package (MPB) are used to compute the dispersion relations and determine the size and location of complete photonic bandgaps as a function of the structural and materials parameters. We examine both single and binary compositions, in which the dielectric constants of the constituent spheres are equal or unequal, respectively. Bandgap sizes are found up to 31.9% (gap-to-midgap ratio) in the inverse structure and 13.9% in the direct structure. These gap sizes compare favorably with those of inverse diamond (30.7%, ε = 16) and inverse opal (8.0%, ε = 16). Symmetry reduction at the lattice points of the diamond structure (via a basis of spheres of different size) opens a bandgap between the fifth and sixth bands in the direct structure. This gap has only previously been reported in a handful of related structures. 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These gap sizes compare favorably with those of inverse diamond (30.7%, ε = 16) and inverse opal (8.0%, ε = 16). Symmetry reduction at the lattice points of the diamond structure (via a basis of spheres of different size) opens a bandgap between the fifth and sixth bands in the direct structure. This gap has only previously been reported in a handful of related structures. 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