tectosilicate

English edit

Etymology edit

From tecto- +‎ silicate.

Pronunciation edit

Hyphenation: tecto‧sili‧cate

Noun edit

tectosilicate (plural tectosilicates)

(mineralogy) Any of various silicate minerals, mostly aluminosilicates, with a three-dimensional framework of silicate tetrahedra with SiO₂ or a 1:2 ratio, making up the greater part of Earth's crust.
Synonym: framework silicate

Hypernyms edit

silicate

Translations edit

mineral

Dutch: tectosilicaat n
Finnish: tektosilikaatti
Spanish: tectosilicato m

References edit

tectosilicate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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