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phyllosilicate

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phyllosilicate [¦fil·ō′sil·ə·kət]
(mineralogy)
A structural type of silicate mineral in which flat sheets are formed by the sharing of three of the four oxygen atoms in each tetrahedron with neighboring tetrahedrons. Also known as layer silicate; sheet mineral; sheet silicate.


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In addition, sedimentary rocks and altered igneous rocks containing Fe-oxides, Ca-Mg-Fe-sulfates, and hydrated phyllosilicates (clays) have also been identified (Table 2).
Clays are among its compounds, which are called phyllosilicates.
 
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