Phyllosilicate

Description

A classification of silicate minerals that form parallel sheets of silicate tetrahedra with Si2O5 or a 2:5 ratio.

Examples of these sheet silicates include:

• Serpentine group: Antigorite, Chrysotile, Lizardite
• Clay mineral group: Halloysite, Kaolinite, Illite, Montmorillonite, Vermiculite, Talc, Palygorskite, Pyrophyllite
• Mica group: Biotite, Muscovite, Phlogopite, Lepidolite, Margarite, Glauconite
• Chlorite group: Chlorite