PHYLLOSILICATE

Etymology

Noun

phyllosilicate (usually uncountable, plural phyllosilicates)

(mineral) Any silicate mineral having a crystal structure of parallel sheets of silicate tetrahedra

Synonym: sheet silicate

Hypernyms

• silicate

Source: Wiktionary



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