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What is a mineral formed by a combination of oxygen and silicon?
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It is classified as a silicate.
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What is silicate mineral consisting solely of silicon and oxygen?
This mineral is for ex. quartz (SiO2).
What type of mineral contains only silicon and oxygen?
Quartz
What is the name of the shape that is formed when 4 oxygen atoms surround and bond with 1 silicon atom?
A silicon-oxygen tetrahedron.
Is silica formed from nitrogen and oxygen?
Silica is NOT made of nitrogen and oxygen. It is actually made of silicon dioxide which means it's made of silicon and oxygen.
what is the mineral contain silicon oxygen and usually one or more other other element?
Minerals containing silicon and oxygen are most generally known as silicates.
What is the glassy mineral formed from Silicon and oxygen?
Quartz
A mineral that lacks silicon or oxygen is called?
a mineral that lack silicon or oxygen is called a
What type of mineral contains oxygen and silicon?
Silicate is the mineral made of silicon and oxygen.
A mineral that contains a combination of silicon and oxygen and that may also contain one or more metals?
Silicate Mineral
Do non silicate minerals contain silicon?
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.
What element do all silicates minerals contain?
The two elements that must be present in a silicate are silicon and oxygen.
What type of mineral does not contain a combination of silicon and oxygen?
Nonsilicate minerals, like Galena (formula: PbS)
What mineral that contains oxygen and silicon?
silicate
A mineral that contains silicon and oxygen?
Quartz
In addition to silicon and oxygen silicon mineral usually contain?
Other elements
What determines if a mineral is a silicate?
The presence of silicon and oxygen.
What elements are always in a silicate mineral?
Oxygen and silicon
