Please select the proper description of the silicon-oxygen tetrahedron.

a. a pyramidal shape with four triangular faces, an oxygen ion at three vertices and one oxygen ion in the center, and a silicon ion at the remaining vertex

b. a pyramidal shape with four triangular faces, a silicon ion at each vertex, and an oxygen ion at the center of the pyramid

c. a pyramidal shape with four triangular faces, an oxygen ion at each vertex, and a silicon ion at the center of the pyramid

d. a pyramidal shape with three triangular faces, an oxygen ion at each vertex, and a silicon ion at the center of the pyramid

e. a pyramidal shape with three triangular faces, a silicon ion at each vertex, and an oxygen ion at the center of the pyramid


c. a pyramidal shape with four triangular faces, an oxygen ion at each vertex, and a silicon ion at the center of the pyramid

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