layeredsilicate
Layered silicates are a group of minerals characterized by their structural arrangement. In these minerals, silicon-oxygen tetrahedra are linked together to form two-dimensional sheets. These sheets are then stacked upon each other, with the layers held together by weaker ionic bonds or van der Waals forces. This layered structure is responsible for many of the characteristic properties of layered silicates, such as their softness, cleavage in one direction, and their ability to intercalate other molecules between the layers.
The basic building block of layered silicates is the silicate tetrahedron, which consists of a central silicon