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.
Because the bulk of the crust is comprised of the elements silicon and oxygen, which can combine to form silicate minerals.
Most rock forming minerals are silicates because of the preponderance of the elements silicon and oxygen in the crust and mantle.
The largest mineral group is the silicates.
Silicates
Ferromagnesian Silicates - silicates with iron and/or magnesium in their structure. Most ferromagnesium minerals are dark-colored and more dense than the non-ferromagnesian silicates.
The silicates.
silicates are minerals so perhaps you mean what elements are in silicates? , OR are you asking what are some silicate minerals?
Clay minerals are sheet silicates.
silicates
No. Silicates are the largest group of rock forming minerals.
Silicates and non-silicates.
Silicates and non-silicates.
These are known as silicate minerals or silicates.
Most rock forming minerals are silicates because of the preponderance of the elements silicon and oxygen in the crust and mantle.
The largest mineral group is the silicates.
Silicates
Ferromagnesian Silicates - silicates with iron and/or magnesium in their structure. Most ferromagnesium minerals are dark-colored and more dense than the non-ferromagnesian silicates.
The minerals that contain silica. This would include quartz, as well as the silicates. The siliceous ooze is the biogenic sediment, containing the remains of organisms whose skeleton is based on silicates.