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silicate comparison table

Subject	has definition
cyclosilicate
inosilicate	SiO4 tetrahedra in single or double chains
nesosilicate	isolated single SiO4 tetrahedra
phylosilicate
tectosilicate	SiO4 tetrahedra connected together at each apex in a three dimensional framework

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