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What are two types of minerals?
silicate and non silicate minerals
What are some minerals in silicates?
silicates are minerals so perhaps you mean what elements are in silicates? , OR are you asking what are some silicate minerals?
What is the percentage of the earths crust made up of non silicate minerals?
Only 10% of the Earth's crust is composed of non-silicate minerals. Examples of non-silicate minerals are barringerite, nickel phosphide, taenite and suessite.
Is oxidation of iron an important chemical weathering process for ferromagnesian silicate minerals like olivine and biotite?
yes
What are the two most common silicate in the Earth's crust?
Quartz and feldspars are the most common silicate minerals of the crust.
Why are non silicate minerals is economically important?
maybe it is so good for cancer
What are the features of two major groups of minerals?
silicate minerals and non silicate minerals
How many minerals are silicate minerals?
90% of minerals are silicate.
Types of minerals that contain oxygen and silicon?
Silicate minerals.
What are two types of minerals?
silicate and non silicate minerals
Whats the definition for silicate minerals?
The most common minerals found on Earth are the Silicate minerals. The silicate minerals are: amphibole, feldspar, mica, olivine, pyroxene, and quartz.
What is the grouping of silicate and non-silicate minerals based on?
The grouping of silicate and non-silicate minerals is based on whether they contain silicon and oxygen. Silicate minerals are divided into smaller groups based on their structure. Non-silicate minerals are didvided into smaller groups based on their composition.
What is the silicate mineral that originates as a product of chemical weathering?
Clay minerals are the product of chemical weathering of silicate minerals, such as feldspars. Clays are silicate minerals.
Halides oxides and sulfates are examples of what minerals?
non-silicate.
What are the 6 main crystalline structures of silicate minerals?
6 types of silicate minerals
What is the difference between silicate and nonsilicate mineral?
Non-silicate minerals don't contain silicon and oxygen in tandem; silicate minerals do.
What are some minerals in silicates?
silicates are minerals so perhaps you mean what elements are in silicates? , OR are you asking what are some silicate minerals?
