noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
mineral
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Many silicate minerals also have polymeric chain structures.
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These meteorites, called chondrites, are composed principally of silicate minerals , usually with some metallic iron and sulfides.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Aluminium likes silicon: it has a greater affinity for inorganic silicate than for anything else.
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For one, Earth has an iron core and a silicate mantle.
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Groups of carbonate ions are arranged in sheets in a manner somewhat like that of the sheet silicates.
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It was at this time too that W. L. Bragg was beginning to unravel the complex structures of the crystalline silicates.
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The most difficult volatiles to dislodge will be those borne in compounds such as carbonates and hydroxy silicates.
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The precise pattern of sheet silicates, such as the micas, muscovite, and biotite, differ.
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These form a group of double silicates made up of varying pairs of minerals grading into each other without necessarily showing sharp boundaries.
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These interfering substances are adsorbed on to zeolite, silicic acid, or magnesium silicate .