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Common Sorosilicate Minerals
Hemimorphite-- Zn4(SiO4)
Lawsonite--CaAl2(Si2O7)(OH).(H2O)
Clinozoisite--Ca2Al3(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH)
Epidote-- Ca2(Al, Fe)(Al2O)(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH)
Idocrase--Ca10 (Mg, Fe) 2Al4(SiO4)5(Si2O7)(OH)7
Prehnite-- Ca2Al2(Si3O10)(OH)2
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(http://www.galleries.com).
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The sorosilicates are characterized by isolated double silicate tetrahedra that share an oxygen.
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