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Carbonate minerals contain carbon and oxygen in the form of the carbonate ion (CO3-), whereas silicate minerals contain silicon and oxygen in the form of various ions containing silicon and oxygen.
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Is calcite a silicate?
No, because in order to be a silicate a mineral needs to have both silicon and oxygen. The composition for calcite is CaCO3. Calcite is a carbonate mineral.
The mineral which effervesces in the acid you use in lab is?
Minerals with the calcium carbonate compound show effervescence. Calcite is the most common carbonate mineral.
Are oil and coal silicate minerals?
No. Oil is a liquid and coal is a rock. Neither is a silicate mineral such as quartz, olivine, mica, and feldspar.
Is iron ore a silicate mineral?
The term "iron ore" is quite general, and can be applied to a number of different minerals, like hematite, magnetite, goethite, or pyrite.
What is molecular formula of calamine?
If you think to the mineral calamine this is a mixture of zinc carbonate (ZnCO3) and zinc silicate (Zn4Si2O7(OH)2.H2O).
Is malachite a silicate or a non silicate mineral?
Malachite is a non-silicate mineral. It's classified as a carbonate.
How are silicate minerals different from non-silicate mineral?
Silicate minerals are can make up more than 90 percent of the earth's crust, the rest is made up of nonsilicate minerals, 10 percent.
What is a non silicate mineral?
A minerl that is not a silicate mineral. Look up silicate mineral. Non silicatev minerals are just the oppisite. :-)
What is a silicate mineral--malachite pyrite olivine and diamond?
Olivine is a silicate mineral. Diamond is an elemental mineral. Pyrite is a sulfide mineral. Malachite is a carbonate mineral.
What is the silicate mineral that originates as a product of chemical weathering?
Clay minerals are the product of chemical weathering of silicate minerals, such as feldspars. Clays are silicate minerals.
What is the difference between silicate and nonsilicate mineral?
Non-silicate minerals don't contain silicon and oxygen in tandem; silicate minerals do.
Is calcite a silicate?
No, because in order to be a silicate a mineral needs to have both silicon and oxygen. The composition for calcite is CaCO3. Calcite is a carbonate mineral.
Which of the mineral groups is most abundant in the crust?
Quartz is the most abundant single mineral. Feldspars are, as a group, the most abundant minerals. Quartz and feldspars are classified as silicate minerals, the classification of mineral with the most abundance in the Earth's crust.
The largest mineral family consists of the?
Silicate minerals.
Which mineral is silicate?
Minerals of sillicon and oxygen combined.
What is the most common silicate mineral group?
Feldspars are the most common silicate minerals.
Is silver a mineral or a gemstone?
no. silicate minerals have silicon in them
