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tektosilicate
Or ٱ·ٴ···ٱ
[tek-toh-sil-i-kit, -keyt]
noun
Mineralogy.
any silicate in which each tetrahedral group shares all its oxygen atoms with neighboring groups, the ratio of silicon to oxygen being 1 to 2.
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of tektosilicate1
< Greek ŧó ( s ) molten + silicate
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