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Idealized structure of sodium metasilicate.

Metasilicates are silicates containing ions of empirical formula SiO2−
3. Common stoichiometries include MI
2SiO3 and MII
SiO3. Metasilicates can be cyclic, usually the hexamer (SiO3)12−6, or chains, (SiO
3)2−
n.[1]

Common containing metasilicate anion are:

  • Inosilicates
  • Metasilicic acid (hydrogen metasilicate)
  • Sodium metasilicate
  • Calcium metasilicate
Pyroxene (diopside) is a mineral classified as a metasilicate.

References

  1. ↑ Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. doi:10.1016/C2009-0-30414-6. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.
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