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Minerals that contains the elements silicon and oxygen are called what?
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The are forms of silicon dioxide or silicates.
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What is minerals containing silicon and oxygen and one or more elements called?
silicates
What is minerals that contain silicon and oxygen is called?
Quartz.
Which elements are used in manufacturing glass?
Silicon dioxide, or silica, is the major component of glass. It is also called "silica sand" or even just sand. There is nearly always other minerals or compounds is glass, and they vary greatly. Sand mainly contains the element silicon (Si).
Is silica dioxide quartz organic?
No. Silicon dioxide, also called silica or, in mineral form quartz, contains only silicon and oxygen. By definition, and organic compound contains carbon.
What contains bronze elements?
I'm not sure if the question is:A) What elements does bronze contain? In other words, what is it made of?Or,B) What objects (***not elements, as bronze is not an element) contain bronze?The answer to A) is easy:Bronze is usually a mixture of copper and tin. Though sometimes the tin can be replaced with other elements such as phosphorus, manganese, aluminum, or silicon. Note that copper is always the base of any alloy called 'bronze'.
What is minerals containing silicon and oxygen and one or more elements called?
silicates
Minerals that contain the elements silicon and oxygen are called?
These are the building blocks of silicates.
Minerals containing silicon oxygen and one or more other elements are called?
Silicates
What mineral groups contain silicon?
These elements are part of the makeup of 99% of all minerals on Earth.
What is minerals that contain silicon and oxygen is called?
Quartz.
How are silicate minerals different from non silicate minerals?
Silicates are found in just about every variety of rock, including sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic. The thing that differentiates silicates from other minerals is the presence of the element silicon in the matrix. It is silicon that silicate minerals are named for. Use link below to check out this huge family of minerals.
A mineral that contains silicon and oxygen is called a?
silicate
The building blocks of the silicate minerals is called the what?
Silicate tetrahedra. The tetrahedra are spanned by oxigen atoms, and right in the middle, there is a silicon atom. The chemical formula for one silicate tetrahedron is SiO4 The actual rate between silicon and oxigen can change as the tetrahedra are linked together, as different tetrahedra can share an oxigen atom with eachother.
What contains a glasslike substance called silica?
silicon dioxide
What are minerals that contain metallic elements called?
They may be called "ores" but the term includes other minerals that contain valuable elements that are not metals.
What is the surface of the moon made of?
The surface of the moon is primarily made of rocky material, specifically a type of rock called basalt. It also contains other elements and minerals such as silicon, iron, magnesium, and calcium. The surface is covered in a layer of dust and rocky debris called regolith.
What is a meneral?
rocks are made of minerals, and minerals are made of substances called elements.
