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Silicates

      9th class - Silicates This group of minerals is extremely large. The fundamental building block of silicates is the SiO4 tetrahedron, and silicate structures are classified according to the degree of polymerization by corner-sharing of the tetrahedra:
Nesosilicates - have insular SiO4 tetrahedra.
Sorosilicates - have cluster structures with two, or rarely more, corner- sharing tetrahedra.
Cyclosilicates - have tetrahedra connected into rings.
Inosilicates - have tetrahedra in chains of infinite length.
Phyllosilicates - have rings of tetrahedra linked into continuous sheets.
Tektosilicates - have tetrahedra linked into a 3-dimensional framework.


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dioptas, jeden kus g11782
krokydolit, jeden kus g11805
topaz, jeden kus g11811
desmín,adular,ortoklas,záhněda, jeden kus g11818
titanit, jeden kus g11820
turmalín, deset kusů g11822
celestin, jeden kus g11825
heulandit a skolecit, jeden kus g11913
mordenit v rhyodacitu, jeden kus g11914
apofylit v basaltu, jeden kus g11915
skolecit a stilbit, jeden kus g11918
hiddenit, jeden kus g11920
kyanit, dva kusy g11921
albit, jeden kus g11869
rhaeticit, jeden kus g11871
dravit, margarit, jeden kus g11872
heulandit, jeden kus g11874
amazonit, jeden kus g11876
hemimorfit, jeden kus g11877
desmín, jeden kus g11882


Virtual museum of the Czech Geological Survey, www.geology.cz, (C) Czech Geological Survey, 2011, v.0.99 [13.12.2011]