silica group

English

Noun

silica group (plural silica groups)

1. (mineralogy) A large group of silicate minerals having a silicon to oxygen ratio of 1:2. This group includes many silicates of sodium, potassium, calcium, and aluminum in an open network structure.

Translations

group of minerals

• Finnish: hohkasilikaattiryhmä

See also

members of the silica group

• quartz
• tridymite
• cristobalite
• opal
• feldspars
• feldspathoids
• sodalite group
• scapolite (Wernerite) series
• zeolite family