tectosilicate

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From tecto- +‎ silicate.

Pronunciation[edit]

Hyphenation: tecto‧sili‧cate

Noun[edit]

tectosilicate (plural tectosilicates)

(mineralogy) Any of various silicate minerals, mostly aluminosilicates, with a three-dimensional framework of silicate tetrahedra with SiO₂ or a 1:2 ratio, making up the greater part of Earth's crust.
Synonym: framework silicate

Hypernyms[edit]

silicate

Translations[edit]

mineral

Dutch: tectosilicaat n
Finnish: tektosilikaatti
Spanish: tectosilicato m

References[edit]

tectosilicate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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