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What are the 6 basic crystalline structures for the silicate minerals?
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The building blocks of the silicate minerals is what?
The silicon-oxygen tetrahedron is the building block of silicate minerals. The word "silicate" means the compound contains silicon in some form.
What is the building of block of the minerals is?
the basic block of the silicate minerals are formed from rocks.
What is the basic term used to describe the basic building block of all silicate minerals?
silicon-oxygen tetrahedron
What does the basic structure units of all silicate minerals consists of?
SiO2 is the basic building unit of silica.
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 is the term used to describe the basic building block of all silicate minerals?
silicon-oxygen tetrahedron
What are nonsilicate minerals made of?
One common method of classifying minerals is by their basic group, thus silicates, carbonates, sulfides, phosphates, and so on. Thus you may have a copper carbonate, a silicate, a sulfide and so on.
What is the basic shape of silicate?
tetrahedron...
What is the term used to describe the basic building block of all silicate material?
silicate-oxygen tetrahedron
What are the basic program structures in visual basic?
Classes Structures Subroutines Functions
One of the eight basic rock forming minerals?
one of the basic rock forming minerals
Why are rocks made of the same basic minerals?
Certain minerals are harder than others, which means that they are more easily traceable (as they have not been broken down to the extent that they are no longer visible). Quartz is both incredibly hard and common. Silicate minerals are very hard in general, making them the most common minerals. This is also related to the fact that Silicon is the most abundant element in the Crust, or indeed the whole Earth. For this reason, most minerals present in rocks are similar.
