tectosilicate

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tectosilicate [¦tek·tō′sil·ə‚kāt]

(mineralogy)

A structural type of silicate in which all four oxygen atoms of the silicate tetrahedra are shared with neighboring tetrahedra; tectosilicates include quartz, the feldspars, the feldspathoids, and zeolites. Also known as framework silicate.

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