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The 14 pages that link to Phyllosilicate, each with the reason it gives.

• Silicate mineralBroader topic: Sheet structures help explain mica's basal cleavage and platy habit.

• Clay mineralNarrower topic: Most clay minerals belong to this broad structural family.

• MicaNarrower topic: Mica belongs to this mineral class, whose sheet structure accounts for its easy splitting.

• FoliationRelated: Platy phyllosilicates such as mica readily align to produce foliation.

• InosilicateCompared with: Phyllosilicates extend tetrahedral sharing in two dimensions, not chains.

• SlateNarrower topic: Sheet silicates align during metamorphism and contribute to slate’s planar fabric.

• KaoliniteNarrower topic: Kaolinite belongs to this sheet-structured mineral group.

• TalcNarrower topic: Talc belongs to this sheet-silicate class, whose structure helps explain its easy cleavage.

• Chlorite groupNarrower topic: Chlorites belong to this broad structural class of sheet silicates.

• MuscoviteNarrower topic: Muscovite’s layered structure places it within this broader mineral class.

• BiotiteNarrower topic: Biotite’s defining structure is the stacked-sheet architecture of phyllosilicates.

• LepidoliteNarrower topic: Lepidolite’s defining mineral structure is a layered phyllosilicate framework.

• HectoriteNarrower topic: Hectorite’s crystal structure is a sheet silicate.

• Serpentine subgroupNarrower topic: Serpentine minerals belong to this broad sheet-silicate family.