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Diagram comparing two mineral structures: the top shows a single chain of silicon-oxygen tetrahedra for pyroxene labeled (SiO3)n, while the bottom shows a double chain for amphibole labeled (Si4O11)n, with silicon atoms in purple and oxygen atoms in orange.

A model of a zeolite structure.

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