tectosilicate

== English == === Alternative forms === tektosilicate === Etymology === From tecto- +‎ silicate. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: tecto‧sili‧cate === Noun === tectosilicate (plural tectosilicates) (mineralogy) Any of various silicate minerals, mostly aluminosilicates, with a three-dimensional framework of silicate tetrahedra with SiO2 or a 1:2 ratio, making up the greater part of Earth's crust. Synonym: framework silicate ==== Hypernyms ==== silicate ==== Translations ==== === References === tectosilicate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia