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Ionic and covalent bonds are defined by bond length, and in many real compounds the actual bond length is between the ionic and covalent bond lengths. These bonds can be described as some percentage ionic and some percentage covalent. Si-O (called siloxo) bonds in quartz and opal are mostly covalent. Glass is not mostly covalent because it has alkali fluxes that make it more ionic.

Sialate bonds (Si-O-Al-O, where the aluminum has a alkali atom associated with it) are also mostly (but I believe less so) covalent.

Source: Linus Pauling's "the nature of the chemical bond"

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