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silicate
subject			fact

silicate	is a kind of mineral
mineral	has color
	has alteration mineral
	is one of 4000 well-characterized minerals

Kinds of silicate :

• cyclosilicate
• inosilicate (3 kinds, 2 facts) - SiO₄ tetrahedra in single or double chains
• nesosilicate (1 kind, 2 facts) - isolated single SiO₄ tetrahedra
• phylosilicate (1 kind)
• tectosilicate (2 kinds, 2 facts) - SiO₄ tetrahedra connected together at each apex in a three dimensional framework