• overview of the classification of non-silicate minerals and includes mostly International Mineralogical Association (IMA) recognized minerals and its groupings...
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  • overview of the classification of minerals (silicates) and includes mostly International Mineralogical Association (IMA) recognized minerals and its groupings...
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  • fallback Classification of non-silicate minerals – List of IMA recognized minerals and groupings Classification of silicate minerals – List of IMA recognized...
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  • broad classes: Classification of non-silicate minerals Classification of silicate minerals Classification of organic minerals List of minerals Media related...
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    unclassified silicates Subclass: germanates Classification of non-silicate minerals Classification of silicate minerals Hey's Mineral Index Timeline of the discovery...
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    Silicate minerals are rock-forming minerals made up of silicate groups. They are the largest and most important class of minerals and make up approximately...
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    Classification of non-silicate minerals Classification of silicate minerals http://www.minerals.net/mineral/sort-met.hod/group/sulfgrp.htm Minerals.net...
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    the classification temperature.[citation needed] There are several types of high-temperature mineral wool made from different types of minerals. The...
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    Minerals are minerals which contain a borate anion group. The borate (BO3) units may be polymerised similar to the SiO4 unit of the silicate mineral class...
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    Calcium silicate can refer to several silicates of calcium including: CaO·SiO2, wollastonite (CaSiO3) 2CaO·SiO2, larnite (Ca2SiO4) 3CaO·SiO2, alite or...
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  • Dana's classification is a mineral classification developed by James Dwight Dana. It is based on the chemical composition and structure of minerals. It is...
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    diagram of carbon Biotite series (micas) Earth sciences portal Classification of minerals - Non silicates Classification of minerals - Silicates Geology...
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    Minerals are classified by key chemical constituents; the two dominant systems are the Dana classification and the Strunz classification. Silicate minerals...
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    Clinohedrite (category Silicate mineral stubs)
    Clinohedrite is a rare silicate mineral. Its chemical composition is a hydrous calcium-zinc silicate; CaZn(SiO4)·H2O. It crystallizes in the monoclinic...
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    Native element minerals are those elements that occur in nature in uncombined form with a distinct mineral structure. The elemental class includes metals...
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  • the silicate minerals formed by lithophile elements, chalcophile elements separated below the lithophiles at the time of the first crystallization of the...
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    Garnierite (category Silicate minerals)
    commonly includes two or more of the following minerals: serpentine, talc, sepiolite, smectite, or chlorite, and Ni-Mg silicates, with or without alumina,...
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    Zinclipscombite (category Zinc minerals)
    classification of non-silicate minerals zinclipscombite is in the lipscombite group, which also includes lipscombite. The mineral zinclipscombite was discovered...
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    oxide mineral class includes those minerals in which the oxide anion (O2−) is bonded to one or more metal alloys. The hydroxide-bearing minerals are typically...
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  • Mineral hydration is also a process in the regolith that results in conversion of silicate minerals into clay minerals.[citation needed] Some mineral...
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    sheet silicate (phyllosilicate) minerals, now grouped together as clay minerals. Their structure is based on flat hexagonal sheets similar to those of the...
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    Lipscombite (category Manganese(II) minerals)
    because crystal-forming conditions of pressure and temperature are brief. In the Classification of non-silicate minerals lipscombite is in the lipscombite...
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    mineral. Minerals of interest are generally oxides, sulfides, silicates, or native metals such as copper or gold. Ore bodies are formed by a variety of geological...
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    Shattuckite (category Silicate mineral stubs)
    Shattuckite is a copper silicate hydroxide mineral with formula Cu5(SiO3)4(OH)2. It crystallizes in the orthorhombic – dipyramidal crystal system and usually...
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  • the minerals in each rock. The chemical elements were discovered in identified minerals and with the help of the identified elements the mineral crystal...
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    Talc (redirect from Magnesium Silicate)
    Talc, or talcum, is a clay mineral composed of hydrated magnesium silicate, with the chemical formula Mg3Si4O10(OH)2. Talc in powdered form, often combined...
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    discovery of the natural form of minerals which have previously been only synthesized in the laboratory. For instance, the natural calcium silicate perovskite...
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  • concentrated in a selected volume of rock, which become supersaturated and then precipitate ore minerals. In some occurrences, minerals can be extracted for a profit...
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    millimeters. However, the term can also be used to refer to a family of sheet silicate minerals. Silt refers to particles that have a diameter between .062 and...
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    Zeolite (category Industrial minerals)
    group of several microporous, crystalline aluminosilicate minerals commonly used as commercial adsorbents and catalysts. They mainly consist of silicon...
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