silicate mineral

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Definition von silicate mineral im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

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 in appreciable quantities in sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. They also are important constituents of lunar samples, meteorites, and most asteroids. In addition, planetary probes have detected them on the surfaces of Mercury, Venus, and Mars. Of the approximately 600 known silicate minerals, only the feldspars, amphiboles, pyroxenes, micas, olivines, feldspathoids, and zeolites are significant in rock formation

Silbentrennung

si·li·cate min·er·al

Türkische aussprache

sîlıkıt mînrıl

Aussprache

/ˈsələkət ˈmənrəl/ /ˈsɪləkət ˈmɪnrəl/