Category:Silicate minerals

The largest group of minerals by far are the silicates, which are composed largely of silicon and oxygen, with the addition of ions such as aluminium, magnesium, iron and calcium. Some important rock-forming silicates include the feldspars, quartz, olivines, pyroxenes, amphiboles, garnets and micas.

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• Quartz varieties

Articles in category "Silicate minerals"

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Actinolite Amphibole Analcite Andalusite Anthophyllite Antigorite Arfvedsonite Attapulgite Augite Aventurine Axinite B Benitoite Bentonite Beryl Biotite C Chlorite group Chrysocolla Chrysotile Clay Coffinite Cordierite Cummingtonite D Demantoid Dickite Diopside Dioptase E Enstatite Epidote Esperite

E cont. Eudialyte F Fayalite Feldspar Feldspathoid Forsterite G Gadolinite Garnet Garnierite Glauconite Glaucophane H Hardystonite Hemimorphite Hornblende J Jade Jadeite K Kaolinite Kyanite L Lepidolite Leucite M Mica Montmorillonite Muscovite N Nephelite O Olivine P Peridot Petalite Pezzottaite Phenacite Phlogopite Prehnite

P cont. Pyroxene R Rhodonite Riebeckite S Sapphirine Serpentine Silicate Silicate minerals Sillimanite Sodalite Spodumene Staurolite T Talc Tephroite Thorite Thortveitite Thulite Titanite Topaz Tourmaline Tremolite Tsavorite U Uvarovite W Willemite Wollastonite Z Zeolite Zircon Zoisite Zunyite