Silicates
http://www.minerals.net/mineral/sort-met.hod/group/silicgrp.htm

Hershel Friedman, The Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom


This website is dedicated to silicates. It includes tectosilicates, phyllosilicates, inosilicates, cyclosilicates, sorosilicates and neosilicates. For each sub-class, a brief description is included, as well as a list of common minerals. Clicking on each mineral brings the viewer to a table with the chemical formula, physical and chemical properties, varieties, common uses and pictures of that mineral.

This description of a site outside SERC has not been vetted by SERC staff and may be incomplete or incorrect. If you have information we can use to flesh out or correct this record let us know.


Part of the Cutting Edge collection. The NAGT/DLESE On the Cutting Edge project helps geoscience faculty stay up-to-date with both geoscience research and teaching methods.

Cutting Edge

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy:Physical Properties, Systematic Mineralogy:Framework Silicates, Island Silicates, Disilicates, Ring Silicates, Chain Silicates, Sheet Silicates
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations
Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional
Theme: Teach the Earth:Course Topics:Mineralogy