Silicates
The following list includes the most significant minerals which occur in nature as silicates. To view the properties of an element, select it from the list and click the "GO" button.
The various forms of silica, SiO2 (quartz, chalcedony and opal), which are both oxides and silicates, are listed under Oxides. There is also a separate page on the varieties of silica.
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(The database is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all
minerals but does contain a substantial number of them and we are constantly
adding to it.)
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