tektosilicate
or tec·to·sil·i·cate
[ tek-toh-sil-i-kit, -keyt ]
nounMineralogy.
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.
Origin of tektosilicate
1- Compare cyclosilicate, inosilicate, nesosilicate, sorosilicate.
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