- silicate minerals
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English-Chinese geology dictionary (英汉地质大词典). 2013.
silicate minerals
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Silicate minerals — The silicate minerals make up the largest and most important class of rock forming minerals, constituting approximately 90 percent of the crust of the Earth. They are classified based on the structure of their silicate group. Silicate minerals… … Wikipedia
Silicate minerals — ▪ Table Silicate minerals name colour lustre Mohs hardness specific gravity Tectosilicates (three dimensional networks) feldspar (for other examples, see feldspar) orthoclase flesh red, white to pale yellow, red, green vitreous 6–6½ 2.6… … Universalium
silicate mineral — Any of a large group of silicon oxygen compounds that are widely distributed throughout much of the solar system. The silicates make up about 95% of the Earth s crust and upper mantle, occurring as the major constituents of most igneous rocks and … Universalium
Silicate — For the artificial intelligence androids of the 1990s science fiction series , see Silicate (AI) A silicate is a compound containing an anion in which one or more central silicon atoms are surrounded by electronegative ligands. This definition is … Wikipedia
silicate planet — noun a terrestrial planet composed mostly of silicate minerals Syn: silicon planet … Wiktionary
Silicate — Häufige natürliche Erscheinungsform der Silikate: Feldspat … Deutsch Wikipedia
silicate — noun Etymology: silicic (acid) Date: 1811 a salt or ester derived from a silicic acid; especially any of numerous insoluble often complex metal salts that contain silicon and oxygen in the anion, constitute the largest class of minerals, and are… … New Collegiate Dictionary
silicate — silication /sil i kay sheuhn/, n. /sil i kit, kayt /, n. 1. Mineral. any of the largest group of mineral compounds, as quartz, beryl, garnet, feldspar, mica, and various kinds of clay, consisting of SiO2 or SiO4 groupings and one or more metallic … Universalium
silicate — 1. A salt of silicic acid. 2. The term sometimes applied to dental restorations of synthetic porcelain. * * * sil·i·cate sil ə .kāt, sil i kət n a salt or ester derived from a silicic acid esp any of numerous insoluble often complex metal salts… … Medical dictionary
silicate — sil·i·cate || sɪlɪkÉ™t / keɪt n. any of a large number of mineral compounds which form over 90 percent of the rock forming minerals of the earth s crust (Mineralogy); salt of silicic acid (Chemistry) … English contemporary dictionary
silicate — sil•i•cate [[t]ˈsɪl ɪ kɪt, ˌkeɪt[/t]] n. 1) mir any of the largest group of minerals, as quartz, olivine, pyroxene, amphibole, mica, clay, and feldspar, consisting of silicon and oxygen with one or more metals: the basic building block is the… … From formal English to slang
