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What is silicate mineral consisting solely of silicon and oxygen?
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This mineral is for ex. quartz (SiO2).
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What is a mineral formed by a combination of oxygen and silicon?
It is classified as a silicate.
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.
What is the name of the specific molecule that makes up the silicate mineral family?
Silicon-Oxygen Tetrahedral
How are carbonate mineral different from silicate minerals?
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.
Does carbonate contain silicate?
No. A carbonate ion consists of carbon and oxygen. A silicate ion consists of silicon and oxygen.
What type of mineral contains oxygen and silicon?
Silicate is the mineral made of silicon and oxygen.
What mineral that contains oxygen and silicon?
silicate
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 determines if a mineral is a silicate?
The presence of silicon and oxygen.
What elements are always in a silicate mineral?
Oxygen and silicon
A mineral that contains silicon and oxygen is called a?
silicate
What element do all silicates minerals contain?
The two elements that must be present in a silicate are silicon and oxygen.
What mineral contains silicon and oxygen?
A nonsilicate mineral.
What is a mineral formed by a combination of oxygen and silicon?
It is classified as a silicate.
How can you recognize a silicate mineral from its chemical formula?
A silicate mineral contains silicon (Si) and oxygen (O) which will be shown in the formula.
Is a diamond a silicate or non siliicate mineral?
a non silicate mineral because the only element in it is carbon not oxygen or silicon
What mineral group do oxygen and silicon elements form?
The silicate group.
