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SILICA MINERALS Quarz, Trydymite and Crystobalite.
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Mineral Groups – Silicates Quartz light silicates (pure SiO 2 ) no cleavage (conchoidal fracture) hard, resistant to weathering Quartz
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Silica

  • 1. SILICA MINERALS Quarz, Trydymite and Crystobalite.
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  • 5. Mineral Groups – Silicates Quartz light silicates (pure SiO 2 ) no cleavage (conchoidal fracture) hard, resistant to weathering Quartz
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  • 8. 1 - C Systems 1. The system SiO 2 Fig. 6-6. After Swamy and Saxena (1994), J. Geophys. Res., 99, 11,787-11,794 . AGU
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