phyllosilicatecommon nounSyllable DecompositionphyllosilicateEtymologyexpandfrom the ancient Greek φύλλον phyllon (leaf), and the name of the silicate group.Definition1. Group of silicates built by stacking tetrahedral sheets ('T') where the tetrahedrons share three out of four vertices (the 'basal' oxygens), the fourth vertex (the 'apical' oxygen) being connected to an octahedral sheet ('O') occupied by different cations (Al, Mg, Fe, Ti, Li, etc.).minérauxexpandPluralphyllosilicatesTranslationsenglish:phyllosilicate
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