Silicate minerals

Silicate minerals are the most important minerals, because they are up to 80% of all minerals on Earth. They are used mainly in industry and jeweliry.
The main element of the silicate minerals is (Si). He is bind usually with other elements - metals and non-metals (as iron, manganese, but also gypsum and oxide).Known elements from the binding of Si and Oxide are the quartzites - SiO2 (Silicium dioxide), but they are part of the oxide minerals group, some scientist and mineralogists consider quartzites as part of the silicate minerals group.

Silicate minerals

Cordierite

Info: Cordierite is a very hard mineral, available in various colour variations. It often grows in the form of pseudo-hexagonal twins. The most valued cordierites are the blue ones. Cordierite grows in masses rich of aluminum with secondary methamorphosis. How to recognize: Cordierite is hardly...

Heliodor

Info: Heliodor is the yellow variation of the mineral beryl. Heliodor can often contain liquids in small bubles inside the crystal. How to recognize: The shape and colour of the beryl minerals cannot be imitated by any other mineral. Beryl cannot be dissolved in mineral acid and its almost...

Morganite

Info: Morganite is the pink variation of the mineral beryl. Some minerals may have the cat's eye effect. Large crystals of morganite are often bound with other minerals, mainly with quartz. How to recognize: The shape and colour of the beryl minerals cannot be imitated by any other mineral. Beryl...

Emerald

Info: Emerald is typical pegmatite mineral variation of beryl with strong green colour seen from some sides with yellow to blue tones. How to recognize: The shape and colour of the beryl minerals cannot be imitated by any other mineral. Beryl cannot be dissolved in mineral acid and its almost...

Aquamarine

Info: Aquamarine is a variation of beryl that crystalises in six-sided crystals. Often liquid is traped inside the small aquamarines. Aqamarine is found only in pegmatites. How to recognize: The shape and colour of the beryl minerals cannot be imitated by any other mineral. Beryl cannot be...