overview of the classification of minerals (silicates) and includes mostly International Mineralogical Association (IMA) recognized minerals and its groupings...

overview of the classification of non-silicate minerals and includes mostly International Mineralogical Association (IMA) recognized minerals and its groupings...

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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broad classes: Classification of non-silicate minerals Classification of silicate minerals Classification of organic minerals List of minerals Media related...

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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petrographic thin section. Minerals portal List of minerals Classification of silicate minerals "Amphibole". Dictionary of Geology. Retrieved 2013-01-21...

the classification temperature.[citation needed] There are several types of high-temperature mineral wool made from different types of minerals. The...

Calcium silicate can refer to several silicates of calcium including: CaO·SiO2, wollastonite (CaSiO3) 2CaO·SiO2, larnite (Ca2SiO4) 3CaO·SiO2, alite or...

change from spinel structure minerals with an olivine composition to silicate perovskite with ferropericlase. Natural silicate perovskite was discovered...

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...

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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chemical formula of SiO2. Quartz is, therefore, classified structurally as a framework silicate mineral and compositionally as an oxide mineral. Quartz is the...

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...

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...

A mafic mineral or rock is a silicate mineral or igneous rock rich in magnesium and iron. Most mafic minerals are dark in color, and common rock-forming...

is a copper silicate mineral with chemical composition of Cu5Si6O17·7(H2O). It occurs as a retrograde metamorphic phase in a calc-silicate and sulfide...

Mineral hydration is also a process in the regolith that results in conversion of silicate minerals into clay minerals.[citation needed] Some mineral...

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...

is a mineral with the chemical formula CaAl2Si2O8·4(H2O). It is a zeolite or hydrated alumino-silicate. It forms colorless, bipyramidal crystals of orthorhombic...

Thortveitite is a rare mineral consisting of scandium yttrium silicate (Sc,Y)2Si2O7. It is the primary source of scandium. Occurrence is in granitic pegmatites...

Anthony et al., Handbook of Mineralogy, Vol. 2 (silicates) part 1 p. 225 (1995) Robbins, Manuel: Fluorescence Gems and Minerals under Ultraviolet Light...

discovery of the natural form of minerals which have previously been only synthesized in the laboratory. For instance, the natural calcium silicate perovskite...

Apachite is a copper silicate mineral with a general formula of Cu9Si10O29·11H2O. The name is associated with the Apache tribe residents of the area near the...

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...

Okenite (CaSi2O5·2H2O) is a silicate mineral that is usually associated with zeolites. It most commonly is found as small white "cotton ball" formations...

the silicate minerals formed by lithophile elements, chalcophile elements separated below the lithophiles at the time of the first crystallization of the...

group Lazurite – Alumino-silicate mineral whose blue colour is due to a sulfide species and not copper Nosean – Mineral of the feldspathoid group Sodalite –...