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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.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of sorosilicate1
< Greek ²õÅ°ùó ( s ) heap + silicate
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