Orthosilicate

Noun

Definitions

1.NounAny salt or ester of orthosilicic acid, (M)4SiO4 or Si(OR)4.

2.NounAny silicate mineral, such as garnet or olivine, in which the SiO4 tetrahedra do not share oxygen atoms with each other.

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