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Caption: Structures of some of the common silicate minerals shown by various arrangements of silica tetrahedra: (a) isolated tetrahedra; (b) continuous chains; (c) continuous sheets; and (d) networks.

Lecture Note:

The arrows adjacent to single-chain, double-chain, and sheet silicates indicate that these structures continue indefinitely in the direction shown.

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