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Silicates - The Basic Building Blocks of Rocks

S Silicates-The Basic Building Blocks of Rocks 905 Table 40.2 Classification of silicate types depending on the supply of oxygen... [Pg.905]

Silicates and aluminosilicates are the most abundant minerals, which are main constituents of various rocks in the crust and mantle. Si" " combines with 0 to form silicate anion, SiOa" " in silicate crystal. The SiOa" has tetrahedral form (Fig. 1.11). The SiOa tetrahedron is the basic building block of silicates in which silicon is situated at the center of a tetrahedron of four oxygen atoms. SiOq" tetrahedra exist as discrete units or is joined via the O atoms, sharing their particles with other tetrahedra (Fig. 1.12). Silicate minerals mainly consisting of oxygen and... [Pg.18]


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