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1992 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Silicate minerals

Authors : C. D. Gribble, A. J. Hall

Published in: Optical Mineralogy

Publisher: Springer US

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All silicate minerals contain silicate oxyanions [SiO4]4−. These units take the form of a tetrahedron, with four oxygen ions at the apices and a silicon ion at the centre. The classification of silicate minerals depends on the degree of polymerization of these tetrahedral units. In silicate minerals, the system of classification commonly used by mineralogists hinges upon how many oxygens in each tetrahedron are shared with other similar tetrahedra.

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Title
Silicate minerals
Authors
C. D. Gribble
A. J. Hall
Copyright Year
1992
Publisher
Springer US
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9692-9_2