Silicates.

Mineral group index.

Main index.

Pure elements	Sulphides and sulphosalts
Halogenides	Oxides and hydroxides
Phosphates (arsenates and vanadates)	Sulphates (cromates,molybdates,wolframates)
Carbonates	Borates and nitrates
Silicates	Organic materials

Subclass : Quartz

Quartz opal group (page 128)

Quartz Chalcedony Opal Cristobalite

Subclass : Nesosilicates

Olivine group (page 131)	Forsterite Norbergite Chondrodite Humite Clinohumite Manganohumite Olivine (*) Fayalite Knebelite iron Knebelite Tephroite Picrotephroite Monticellite Thaumasite
Garnet group (page 134)	Almandine Grossular Spessartine Andradite Pyrope Schorlomite Melanite Uvarovite
Zircon titanite group (page 136)	Zircon Eudialyte Låvenite Katapleite Titanite Rosenbuschite Thortveitite Thalenite Yttrialite Kainosite Tombarthite Cerite Törnebohmite Thorite
Andalusite - Sillimanite - Kyanite group (page 139)	Andalusite Viridine Kyanite Sillimanite Cordierite
Topas staurolite group (page 141)	Topas Staurolite
Euclase group	Euclase
Braunite group (page 142)	Braunite Långbanite Katoptrite Dixenite Welinite Ericssonite Ortoericssonite Leukophoenicite Sonolite Rhodonite Inesite Pyroxmangite
Uranophan group (page 144)	Uranophan Sklodowskite Kasolite Boltwoodite
Datolite group (page 145)	Datolite
Kornerupine group	Prismatine Kornerupine Dumortierite
Jinshajiangite group	Jinshajiangite

Subclass : Sorosilicates

Gehlenite ilvaite group (page 146)	Melilite Ilvaite Harstigite
Hemimorphite group (page 146)	Hemimorphite Nasonite Ganomalite Molybdophyllite Melanotekite Kentrolite Barysilite Hyalotekite Jagoite
Epidot vesuvianite group (page 148)	Zoisite Prehnite Clinozoisite Epidote Manganepidote Piemontite Julgoldite Allanite-(Ce) Muromontite Dollaseite Vesuvianite Manganoan vesuvianite

Subclass : Inosilicates

Enstatite hypersten group (page 152)	Enstatite Bronzite Hyperstene
Diopsid augite group (page 153)	Diopside Kokkolite Salite Pigeonite Hedenbergite Schefferite Urbanite Aegirine Jeffersonite Augite
Spodumene group (page 155)	Spodumene Eucryptite
Cummingtonite anthophyllite group (page 156)	Anthophyllite Ferro-anthophyllite Cummingtonite Dannemorite Asbeferrite Grünerite Amosite Gedrite Holmquistite
Tremolite glaucophan riebeckite group (page 157)	Tremolite Actinolite Richterite Arfvedsonite Eckermannite Joesmithite Riebeckite
Hornblende group (page 158)	Hornblende Pargasite Barkevite Hastingsite
Wollastonite group (page 159)	Wollastonite Bustamite Pectolite Margarosanite Xonotlite Babingtonite

Subclass : Cyclosilicates

Beryll turmaline group (page 161)

Beryl Phenakite Aminoffite Welshite Barylite Sverigeite Bertrandite Gadolinite Helvin Trimerite Schorl (Fe-Tourmaline) Dravite (Mg-Tourmaline) Elbaite (Li-tourmaline) Axinite Høgtuvaite

Subclass : Phyllosilicates

Kaolinite - Montmorillonite group ( clay minerals ) (page 165)	Kaolinite Halloysite Hisingerite Neotokite Montmorillonite Kimolite
Serpentine talc pyrophyllite group (page 166)	Serpentine (Chrysotile and Antigorite) Karyopilite Talc Palygorskite Stevensite Sepiolite Chrysocolla Pyrophyllite Apophyllite
Mica group (page 168)	Muscovite Fuchsite Alurgite Damourite Oncosine Mariposite Glauconite Biotite Manganophyllite Anomite Phlogopite Lepidolite Polylithionite Cookeite Illite Stipnomelane Ekmanite Ganophyllite Xantophyllite Margarite Vermiculite
Chlorite - Chloritoid group (page 172)	Pennine Clinochlore Kammererite (*) Amesite Thuringite Grängesite Gonyerite Pyrosmalite Friedelite Bementite Corrensite Chloritoid Ottrelite

Subclass : Tectosilicates

Feldspar group (page 175)	Plagioklas (sodium-calcium (Na-Ca) feldspar) Albite Monalbite Oligoclase Andesine Labradorite Bytownite Anorthite Potassium (K) feldspar Microcline Orthoklas Sanidine Barium feldspar Celsian Banalsite Hyalophane
Nefeline leucite sodalite group (page 178)	Nefeline Petalite Cymrite Pollucite Analcime Nosean Haüyn Cancrinite Wenkite Scapolite
Zeolite group (page 180)	Chabazite Natrolite Scolezite Thomsonite Edingtonite Laumontite Stilbite Stellerite Phillipsite Harmotome Heulandite

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