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Double chain

A class or structural type of silicate characterised by the linkage of the SiO4 tetrahedra into linear chains by the sharing of oxygens. In a double chain or band, e.g. amphiboles, half the SiO4 tetrahedra share three oxygens and the other half share two.

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