silicate groups

What Are Examples Of Silicates?

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What Are Examples Of Silicates? The vast majority of the minerals that make up the rocks of Earth’s crust are silicate minerals. These include minerals such as quartz, feldspar, mica, amphibole, pyroxene, olivine, and a great variety of clay minerals. What are the 2 most common silicate minerals? Your feldspars and quartz are the most

What Is Silicate And Non Silicate?

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What Is Silicate And Non Silicate? Silicates are those minerals that have silicon as a component, while non-silicates do not have silicon. As silicates form more than 90% of the earth’s crust, we’ll start with them. What are silicates? A silicate mineral is generally an ionic compound whose anions consist predominantly of silicon and oxygen