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Silicate tetrahedron. A siliconâoxygen tetrahedron is the Si O 4 anionic group, or a silicon atom with four surrounding oxygen atoms arranged to define the corners of a tetrahedron. This is a fundamental component of most silicates in the Earth's crust.n this group the tetrahedra don't share any oxygen atoms and are independent. Attraction between the tetrahedra and positive ions holds minerals of this structure together. The positive ions could be metal cations such as iron or magnesium. a common mineral in this group is Olivine.
Oxygen is the most abundant element by mass in the Earth's crust as part of oxide compounds such as silicon dioxide, making up almost half of the crust's mass. Oxygen is an important part of the atmosphere, and is necessary to sustain most terrestrial life as it is used in respiration.y mass, oxygen is the third-most abundant element in the universe, after hydrogen and helium. At standardized conditions for temperature and pressure, two atoms of the element bind to form dioxygen, a diatomic gas that is colorless, odorless, and tasteless, with the formula O 2.