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highly distorted compared to the
other 6-member ring cyclosilicates.
Inosilicates (from Gr**** ἴς is [genitive: ἰνός inos] 'fibre'), or
chain silicates...
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Disilicates (or sorosilicates) Have two
tetrahedra sharing one
oxygen atom.
Inosilicates are
chain silicates Single-chain
silicates have two
shared corners, whereas...
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group belonging to the
sodic amphibole supergroup of the
double chain inosilicates, with the
chemical formula ☐Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2.
Glaucophane crystallizes...
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undecaoxotetrasilicate [Si4O11]
Inosilicates (subclass 9.D): Single-chain
inosilicates:
pyroxenes Double-chain
inosilicates:
amphiboles Other inosilicates:
Mineral structures...
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conjugate base are
known as
metasilicates and
occur widely in
nature as
inosilicates.
Orthosilicic acid M. F.
Bechtold (1955): "Polymerization and Properties...
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Silica family (IDs 4.DA.)
Inosilicates Single chain inosilicates (IDs 9.D, e.g. pyroxenes)
Ribbon or
multiple chain inosilicates (IDs 9.D, e.g. amphiboles)...
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group is pyroxene. Double-chain silicates, the
other category of
inosilicates,
occur when
tetrahedra form a
double chain (not
always but mostly) by...
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chains (SiO3)n2−.
Common compounds containing metasilicate anion are:
Inosilicates Metasilicic acid (hydrogen metasilicate)
Sodium metasilicate Calcium...
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Silica family (IDs 4.DA.)
Inosilicates Single chain inosilicates (IDs 9.D, e.g. pyroxenes)
Ribbon or
multiple chain inosilicates (IDs 9.D, e.g. amphiboles)...
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Hornblende is a
complex inosilicate series of minerals. It is not a
recognized mineral in its own right, but the name is used as a
general or
field term...
