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Silicate minerals - for non scientists
GEO Podcast
English - February 17, 2020 12:00 - 13 minutes - 9.26 MBEarth Sciences Science Education geology geoscience earthscience scienceeducation earthscienceeducation scienceteaching Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The silicate minerals are the building blocks for all the rocks on Earth. They follow a system of formation and therefore classification - and in this episode, I explain the fundamental building block (silicon tetrahedron) and how that is used to form all the different types of minerals.
For more information, see this blog post on the Silicate Minerals.
And finally - if you are new to rock and mineral collecting, or have a child who would like to learn more, check out the book I wrote...