Which oxygen ion is present in an ordinary oxide?

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In an ordinary oxide, the oxygen is present as the oxide ion, which is represented as O2−.123

While oxygen can form other species—such as peroxides containing the O22− ion or superoxides containing the O2− ion—these are distinct from ordinary oxides. In the crystalline structure of ionic metal oxides, the O2− anion is the characteristic component.132