0
90% of minerals are silicate.
Wiki User
∙ 8y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What is the most common group of rock forming minerals?
silicate and non silicate
Are silicate minerals found in Precambrian rocks?
Yes. The majority of rocks from any period of earth's history will be predominantly made of silicate minerals.
Why non silicate minerals have wider variety of crystalline structures than silicate minerasls do?
Non-silicate minerals contain oxygen and native elements. They have metallic and non-metallic lusters, and are very common.
What are femic minerals?
Ferro-magnesian silicate minerals ie containing iron and magnesium
What minerals are most common in detrital sedimentary rocks and why are these minerals so abundant?
We know silicate minerals are the most abundant in detrital sedimentary rocks.Quartzv is a tectosilicate mineral.So quartz is the most abundant and other silicate minerals are also very common in these rocks.
What are the features of two major groups of minerals?
silicate minerals and non silicate minerals
Types of minerals that contain oxygen and silicon?
Silicate minerals.
How many different kinds of minerals in sedimentary rock?
silicate and non-silicate
What are two types of minerals?
silicate and non silicate minerals
Whats the definition for silicate minerals?
The most common minerals found on Earth are the Silicate minerals. The silicate minerals are: amphibole, feldspar, mica, olivine, pyroxene, and quartz.
What is the grouping of silicate and non-silicate minerals based on?
The grouping of silicate and non-silicate minerals is based on whether they contain silicon and oxygen. Silicate minerals are divided into smaller groups based on their structure. Non-silicate minerals are didvided into smaller groups based on their composition.
Why are many minerals silicates?
Many minerals silicate due to the process that go through in their formation. It is estimated that 30% percent of all minerals are silicate and are made up of components from the crust of the earth.
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 are the 6 main crystalline structures of silicate minerals?
6 types of silicate minerals
Halides oxides and sulfates are examples of what minerals?
non-silicate.
How many silicate minerals in the Mohs scale of hardness?
4
What is the difference between silicate and nonsilicate mineral?
Non-silicate minerals don't contain silicon and oxygen in tandem; silicate minerals do.
