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sorosilicate
mineral
- Formerly called:
- pyrosilicate
- Related Topics:
- epidote
- zoisite
- melilite
- hemimorphite
- epidote group
sorosilicate, any member of a group of compounds with structures that have two silicate tetrahedrons (each consisting of a central silicon atom surrounded by four oxygen atoms at the corners of a tetrahedron) linked together. Because one oxygen atom is shared by two tetrahedrons, the chemical formula contains Si2O7, as in melilite or hemimorphite.