Silicates, Aluminosilicates and Biogenic Silica

Chimia (Aarau). 2020 Dec 23;74(12):1022-1023. doi: 10.2533/chimia.2020.1022.

Abstract

Silicate and aluminosilicate minerals are hugely important in the Earth's crust; this article introduces three mineral classes and describes the origins of biogenic silica.