- – (Fe,Mg,Mn)2Al4Si2O10(OH)4
Mullite (aka Porcelainite) – Al6Si2O13
Sorosilicates (from Gr**** σωρός sōros 'heap, mound') have
isolated pyrosilicate anions...
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linking of polyhedra, thus
tetrahedra share no corners.
Disilicates (or
sorosilicates) Have two
tetrahedra sharing one
oxygen atom.
Inosilicates are chain...
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Silicates and
Germanates class:
silicates Subclass:
nesosilicates Subclass:
sorosilicates Subclass:
cyclosilicates Subclass:
inosilicates Subclass: phyllosilicates...
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Epidote is a
calcium aluminium iron
sorosilicate mineral. Well
developed crystals of epidote, Ca2Al2(Fe3+;Al)(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH),
crystallizing in the monoclinic...
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violet variety of the
mineral zoisite (a
calcium aluminium hydroxyl sorosilicate),
caused by
small amounts of vanadium.
Tanzanite belongs to the epidote...
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Pseudobrookite Pseudomalachite Pseudowollastonite Pumpellyite (group of
sorosilicates)
Purpurite Putnisite Pyrargyrite Pyrite Pyrochlore (mineral group) Pyrolusite...
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Allanite (also
called orthite) is a
sorosilicate group of
minerals within the
broader epidote group that
contain a
significant amount of rare-earth elements...
- the blue is due to
impurities of
copper in a
complex calcium aluminum sorosilicate.
Californite is a name
sometimes used for jade-like vesuvianite, also...
- amphiboles)
Other non
monomeric minerals Unclassified silicates (IDs 9.H)
Sorosilicates (IDs 9.B, e.g.
epidote and
seidozerite supergroups) Polymeric, isolated...
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nature as a
class of
silicate minerals,
specifically the
sorosilicates -
though some
sorosilicate minerals, such as gehlenite,
replace one of the silicon...
