Sodium orthosilicate has not been found in nature. However, the mineral
chesnokovite, chemically the related salt disodium dihydrogen orthosilicate [Na+ 2SiO 2(OH)2− 2] · 8H 2O, was recently identified in the
Kola Peninsula.[7]
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^Pekov, I. V.; Chukanov, N. V.; Zadov, A. E.; Zubkova, N. V.; Pushcharovsky, D. Yu. (2007). "Chesnokovite, Na2[SiO2(OH)2] · 8H2O, the first natural sodium orthosilicate from the Lovozero alkaline pluton, Kola Peninsula: Description and crystal structure of a new mineral species". Geology of Ore Deposits. 49 (8): 727–738.
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