Back to Discover
🌍

Silicate mineral

earth science Maturity 7-9

Most rocks are made of tiny parts.

Silicate-tetrahedron-3D-balls.png
Silicate-tetrahedron-3D-balls.png
These parts build the Earth. They make up most of the ground. They can be clear or white. They can even have colors.
Quartz oisan.jpg
Quartz oisan.jpg
Do you like to collect rocks?

39 words
🖼️ Images & Media (15)
File:Spodumene-sd305c.jpg
Spodumene-sd305c.jpg
File:Diatomaceous Earth BrightField.jpg
Diatomaceous Earth BrightField.jpg
File:Silicate-tetrahedron-3D-balls.png
Silicate-tetrahedron-3D-balls.png
File:Nesosilicates exhibit, Museum of Geology, South Dakota.jpg
Nesosilicates exhibit, Museum of Geology,...
File:Kyanite crystals.jpg
Kyanite crystals.jpg
File:Silicate-double-tetrahedra-3D-balls.png
Silicate-double-tetrahedra-3D-balls.png
File:Sorosilicates exhibit, Museum of Geology, South Dakota.jpg
Sorosilicates exhibit, Museum of Geology,...
File:Cyclosilicate exhibit, Museum of Geology, South Dakota.jpg
Cyclosilicate exhibit, Museum of Geology,...
File:Pezzottaite-256889.jpg
Pezzottaite-256889.jpg
File:Bazzite - Fibbia Ticino Switzerland.jpg
Bazzite - Fibbia Ticino Switzerland.jpg
File:KaolinUSGOV.jpg
KaolinUSGOV.jpg
File:Beta-quartz-CM-2D-balls.png
Beta-quartz-CM-2D-balls.png

+ 3 more

Up Next
🌍
Quartz
Earth Science
→
More to explore

✨ What else?

Related topics you might enjoy

Quartz 0% Pyroxene 0% Mineral 0% Feldspar 0% Aluminosilicate 0% Clay mineral 0%

🔬 Go deeper

More advanced topics to explore

Aluminosilicate Greenstone belt Recrystallization (geology) Bonding in solids

🪜 Step back

Simpler topics to build understanding

Silicate Quartz Pyroxene Oxide
📚 Content adapted from Wikipedia | Readability: FK 16.0 | Vital Level 5