Silicate Minerals - Inosilicates

Inosilicates

Inosilicates (from Greek ις is, fibre), or chain silicates, have interlocking chains of silicate tetrahedra with either SiO₃, 1:3 ratio, for single chains or Si₄O₁₁, 4:11 ratio, for double chains. Nickel-Strunz classification: 09.D