A peridotite is a dense, coarse-grained igneous rock, consisting mostly of the minerals olivine and pyroxene. Peridotite is ultramafic, as the rock contains less than 45% silica.
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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.
They all contain the silicon-oxygen tetrahedron.
igneous rocks are composed of silicate minerals
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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.
Igneous rocks are composed mainly of silicate minerals. Granite is mostly quartz, feldspar and mica. Basalt is mainly feldspar, pyroxine and amphibole. Diorite can be a mixture of all of these minerals. Peridotite is mainly olivine (peridot) and pyroxine.
They all contain the silicon-oxygen tetrahedron.
igneous rocks are composed of silicate minerals
Peridotite is an ultramafic rock (less than 45% silica) and mainly contains the minerals olivene (a magnesium iron silicate - (Mg,Fe)2SiO4) and pyroxene (XY(Si,Al)2O6 where x may be calcium, sodium, iron or magnesium) and so as can be seen from the chemistry of the two primary minerals contains significant amounts of magnesium and iron.
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.
Chalcedony is a cryptocrystalline form of silica, composed of very fine intergrowths of quartz and moganite. These are both silicate minerals.
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silicate minerals and non silicate minerals