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tectosilicate comparison table

Subject	has polymorph	is one of	be produced by mechanism	has metastable polymorph	have progenitor mineral	is a kind of	has genesi	is an instance of
feldspar		4000 well-characterized minerals				tectosilicate
quartz		295 minerals found to occur in meteorites	weathering on Earth or during atmospheric entry	coesite			created on Mars if found in martian meteorite	terrestrially weathered meteorite mineral

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