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Amphibole silicate structure has ‘x’ number of corner shared per tetrahedron. The value of ‘x’ is:

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answer is 2.5.

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  • Amphibole silicate structure has 'x' number of corner shared per tetrahedron.
  • The value of 'x' is 2.5​. They are double strand cross linked chains of composition Si4O11n6-​. 
  • Example include tremolite (asbestos). 
  • In amphibole structure, two simple chains are joined together through the third oxygen atom of silicon tetrahedra (SiO4​)4−
  • In each of the simple chain, two oxygen atoms per tetrahedra are shared.
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