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Which of the following is the building block of silicate minerals?
Question 8 options:
A)
Silica chain
B)
Silica dodecahedron
C)
Silica ring
D)
Silica tetrahedron
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D) Silica tetrahedron
The fundamental building block of silicate minerals is the SiO4 tetrahedron (a silicon atom coordinated to four oxygen atoms), which links in various ways (isolated, chains, rings, sheets, frameworks) to form different silicate structures.
The fundamental building block of silicate minerals is the SiO4 tetrahedron (a silicon atom coordinated to four oxygen atoms), which links in various ways (isolated, chains, rings, sheets, frameworks) to form different silicate structures.
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