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What are sheet silicates?
A structural type of silicate mineral in which flat sheets are formed by the sharing of three of the four oxygen atoms in each tetrahedron with neighboring tetrahedrons. Also known as layer silicate; sheet mineral; sheet silicate.
What mineral is not a silicate mineral?
A silicate mineral comes from silicates, the most dominant mineral class which accounts for over 90 percent of Earth's crust. Silicates form through the combination of oxygen and silicon, and more than 800 species of silicate minerals have been identified. Silicates include feldspars, quartz, olivine, and more. Yet, to identify a mineral that is not a silicate mineral we must identify the nonsilicate class, which encompass the other mineral classes that are far less abundant than the silicates. They are very important economically and they can be further categorized into carbonates, halides, oxides, sulfides, sulfates, and native elements. Minerals of each of these sub-classes represent minerals that are not a silicate mineral; thus, there are numerous answers to this question. Calcite is not a silicate mineral because it is a carbonate, halite is not because it is a halide, galena is not because it is a sulfide, gypsum is not because it is a sulfate, and gold is not because it is a native element.
Which of these is a mineral silicate?
Sheet silicates are known as phyllosilicates or layer silicates. They consist of silicon and oxygen atoms - 2 silicon atoms for each 5 oxygen atoms. Kaolinite and serpentine are examples of sheet silicates. Kaolinite also contains hydrogen and aluminum atoms while serpentine contains hydrogen and magnesium atoms.
Name the major groups of minerals and give at least two examples of minerals in each group?
silicate: feldspar and mica non-silicate: halides and native gold
How do you contrast the composition of minerals in each mineral group?
i dont no
Does the ratio of silicon to oxygen remain constant for each silicate mineral?
No.
What are sheet silicates?
A structural type of silicate mineral in which flat sheets are formed by the sharing of three of the four oxygen atoms in each tetrahedron with neighboring tetrahedrons. Also known as layer silicate; sheet mineral; sheet silicate.
Give at least two examples of minerals in each group?
silicate: feldspar and mica non-silicate: halides and native gold
What mineral is not a silicate mineral?
A silicate mineral comes from silicates, the most dominant mineral class which accounts for over 90 percent of Earth's crust. Silicates form through the combination of oxygen and silicon, and more than 800 species of silicate minerals have been identified. Silicates include feldspars, quartz, olivine, and more. Yet, to identify a mineral that is not a silicate mineral we must identify the nonsilicate class, which encompass the other mineral classes that are far less abundant than the silicates. They are very important economically and they can be further categorized into carbonates, halides, oxides, sulfides, sulfates, and native elements. Minerals of each of these sub-classes represent minerals that are not a silicate mineral; thus, there are numerous answers to this question. Calcite is not a silicate mineral because it is a carbonate, halite is not because it is a halide, galena is not because it is a sulfide, gypsum is not because it is a sulfate, and gold is not because it is a native element.
Which of these is a mineral silicate?
Sheet silicates are known as phyllosilicates or layer silicates. They consist of silicon and oxygen atoms - 2 silicon atoms for each 5 oxygen atoms. Kaolinite and serpentine are examples of sheet silicates. Kaolinite also contains hydrogen and aluminum atoms while serpentine contains hydrogen and magnesium atoms.
Name the major groups of minerals and give at least two examples of minerals in each group?
silicate: feldspar and mica non-silicate: halides and native gold
How do you contrast the composition of minerals in each mineral group?
i dont no
Name each member of the silicate family?
mafic
What is the result when two single chains of tetrahedra bond to each other?
Double chain silicate
What is a mineral that contains more than one element?
the answer is silicate if it contains silicon and oxygen otherwise it would be a compound
Does each piece of mineral have the same the same crystal structure?
No. Each mineral has its own structure.
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