sorosilicate

[sawr-oh-sil-i-kit, -keyt, sohr-]

noun Mineralogy.

any of the silicates in which each silicate tetrahedron shares one of its four oxygen atoms with a neighboring tetrahedron, the ratio of silicon to oxygen being two to seven.

Compare cyclosilicate, inosilicate, nesosilicate, tektosilicate.

Origin of sorosilicate

< Greek sōró(s) heap + silicate

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