Silicate Mineral
Most likely not. Silicate minerals contain silicon in combination with oxygen. However, silicon itself is considered a non-silicate mineral, composed entirely of the element silicon; without the oxygen, however, it IS a non-silicate mineral.
The two elements that must be present in a silicate are silicon and oxygen.
Silicate is the mineral made of silicon and oxygen.
Nonsilicate minerals, like Galena (formula: PbS)
Quartz
silicate
Other elements
dimond
silicate
Quartz
It must contain silicon and oxygen.. Sammantha G.
A nonsilicate mineral.