overview of the classification of non-silicate minerals and includes mostly International Mineralogical Association (IMA) recognized minerals and its groupings...
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Silicate minerals are rock-forming minerals made up of silicate groups. They are the largest and most important class of minerals and make up approximately...
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overview of the classification of minerals (silicates) and includes mostly International Mineralogical Association (IMA) recognized minerals and its groupings...
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broad classes: Classification of non-silicate minerals Classification of silicate minerals Classification of organic minerals List of minerals Media related...
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fallback Classification of non-silicate minerals – List of IMA recognized minerals and groupings Classification of silicate minerals – List of IMA recognized...
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unclassified silicates Subclass: germanates Classification of non-silicate minerals Classification of silicate minerals Hey's Mineral Index Timeline of the discovery...
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the classification temperature.[citation needed] There are several types of high-temperature mineral wool made from different types of minerals. The...
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Calcium silicate can refer to several silicates of calcium including: 2CaO·SiO2, larnite (Ca2SiO4) 3CaO·SiO2, alite or (Ca3SiO5) 3CaO·2SiO2, (Ca3Si2O7)...
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Minerals are classified by key chemical constituents; the two dominant systems are the Dana classification and the Strunz classification. Silicate minerals...
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Classification of non-silicate minerals Classification of silicate minerals http://www.minerals.net/mineral/sort-met.hod/group/sulfgrp.htm Minerals.net...
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Talc (redirect from Magnesium Silicate)
Talc, or talcum, is a clay mineral composed of hydrated magnesium silicate, with the chemical formula Mg3Si4O10(OH)2. Talc in powdered form, often combined...
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diagram of carbon Biotite series (micas) Earth sciences portal Classification of minerals - Non silicates Classification of minerals - Silicates Geology...
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Minerals are minerals which contain a borate anion group. The borate (BO3) units may be polymerised similar to the SiO4 unit of the silicate mineral class...
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Dana's classification is a mineral classification developed by James Dwight Dana. It is based on the chemical composition and structure of minerals. It is...
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Mineral hydration is also a process in the regolith that results in conversion of silicate minerals into clay minerals.[citation needed] Some mineral...
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the silicate minerals formed by lithophile elements, chalcophile elements separated below the lithophiles at the time of the first crystallization of the...
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Carbonate minerals are those minerals containing the carbonate ion, CO2− 3. Calcite group: trigonal Calcite CaCO3 Gaspéite (Ni,Mg,Fe2+)CO3 Magnesite MgCO3...
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Biomineralization (redirect from Biogenic minerals)
members that are able to form minerals, and over 60 different minerals have been identified in organisms. Examples include silicates in algae and diatoms, carbonates...
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sheet silicate (phyllosilicate) minerals, now grouped together as clay minerals. Their structure is based on flat hexagonal sheets similar to those of the...
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Shattuckite (category Silicate mineral stubs)
Shattuckite is a copper silicate hydroxide mineral with formula Cu5(SiO3)4(OH)2. It crystallizes in the orthorhombic – dipyramidal crystal system and usually...
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Sandstone (category Industrial minerals)
of the sandstone. These cementing materials may be either silicate minerals or non-silicate minerals, such as calcite. Silica cement can consist of either...
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Native element minerals are those elements that occur in nature in uncombined form with a distinct mineral structure. The elemental class includes metals...
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oxide mineral class includes those minerals in which the oxide anion (O2−) is bonded to one or more metal alloys. The hydroxide-bearing minerals are typically...
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Zeolite (category Industrial minerals)
permanently trapped. Equally important are the mineral properties of zeolites. Their alumino-silicate construction is extremely durable and resistant...
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Diamond inclusions (section Mineral inclusions)
discovery of the natural form of minerals which have previously been only synthesized in the laboratory. For instance, the natural calcium silicate perovskite...
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Phosphate minerals are minerals that contain the tetrahedrally coordinated phosphate (PO3−4) anion, sometimes with arsenate (AsO3−4) and vanadate (VO3−4)...
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Glances (category Classification of minerals)
2009. — 556 p. — ISBN 978-5-288-04863-0 Lustre (mineralogy) Sulfide mineral Selenide minerals Telluride mineral Classification of non-silicate minerals...
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Clastic rock (section Classification)
millimeters. However, the term can also be used to refer to a family of sheet silicate minerals. Silt refers to particles that have a diameter between .062 and...
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Lipscombite (category Manganese(II) minerals)
because crystal-forming conditions of pressure and temperature are brief. In the Classification of non-silicate minerals lipscombite is in the lipscombite...
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Halide minerals are those minerals with a dominant halide anion (F−, Cl−, Br− and I−). Complex halide minerals may also have polyatomic anions. Examples...
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