Borates and silicates have the structures respectively as:

trigonal planar, trigonal planar

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trigonal planar, tetrahedral

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tetrahedral, tetrahedral

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tetrahedral, trigonal planar

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Solution

The correct option is D tetrahedral, tetrahedral
Both borates and silicates have tetrahedral structural units and respectively. Boro silicates are known in which boron replaces silicon in the three dimensional lattice. Boron can however form planar $B O_{3}$ units.

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