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cyclosilicate
(redirected from Silicate minerals)

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cyclosilicate [¦sī·klō′sil·ə‚kāt]
(mineralogy)
A silicate having the SiO4tetrahedra linked to form rings, with a silicon-oxygen ratio of 1:3, such as Si3O96-or Si6O1812-. Also known as ring silicate.


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84) stated that "silica" makes up more than 60 percent of Earth's crust, but it takes silica, which is silicon dioxide, and related silicate minerals to amount to that proportion.
2] may be sequestered permanently by undergoing geochemical reactions with silicate minerals, resulting in carbonate production whereby C[O.
75 % of seven elements commonly found in minor quantities in silicate minerals.
 
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