tectosilicate

tectosilicate
Any of various silicate minerals, mostly aluminosilicates, with a three-dimensional framework of silicate tetrahedra with SiO or a 1:2 ratio, making up the greater part of Earths crust.

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  • tectosilicate — /tek toh sil i kit, kayt /, n. Mineral. tektosilicate. * * * …   Universalium

  • tectosilicate — tec·to·silicate …   English syllables

  • tectosilicate — |tek(ˌ)tō+ noun Etymology: Latin tectum roof, building + English o + silicate more at tectum : a polymeric silicate in which the silicon oxygen tetrahedral groups are linked by sharing all of their oxygen atoms with other such groups so as to… …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Petalite — Infobox mineral name = Petalite category = boxwidth = boxbgcolor = imagesize = caption = formula = lithium aluminium tectosilicate mineral LiAlSi4O10 molweight = color = colorless, grey, yellow, yellow grey, to white habit = tabular prismatic… …   Wikipedia

  • Natrolite — General Category Tectosilicate Chemical formula Na2Al …   Wikipedia

  • Mesolite — from the Cullen Hall of Minerals exhibit General Category Tectosilicate Zeolite group Chemical formula …   Wikipedia

  • Barrerite — Infobox mineral name = Barrerite Category = Tectosilicate family = Zeolite boxwidth = 50 boxbgcolor = blue imagesize = 200 caption = Barrerite from Kuiu Island, Alaska, USA. formula = Na,K,Ca)2Al2Si7O18·6(H2O) color = White, Pink system =… …   Wikipedia

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