Silicate minerals

SELECTION OF METHODS FOR SEPARATING OF SILICATE MINERALS

Mineralogically, silicate minerals are divided according to structure of their silicate anion into the following groups:

Nesosilicates or orthosilicates

    • Olivine group: Olivine, Fayalite, Forsterite, Tephroite

  • Zircon group: Hafnon, Stetindite, Thorite, Zircon, Coffinite, Thorogummite

  • Phenakite group: Phenakite, Willemite, Eucryptite

  • Al2(SiO4)O:

    • Sillimanite subgroup: Sillimanite, Mullite, Boromullite

    • Andalusite subgroup: Andalusite, Kanonaite, Yoderite

    • Aluminium boro-silicate: Dumortierite

    • Kyanite

    • Staurolite

    • Topaz

  • Titanite group: Titanite, Malayaite, Vanadomalayaite

  • Cerite group: Cerite, Aluminocerite

    • Silicate apatites: Ellestadite, Britholite, Ellestadite, Mattheddleite, Karnasurtite, Fluorbritholite, Fluorcalciobritholite

  • Uranophane group: Kasolite, Uranophane, Sklodowskite, Cuprosklodowskite, Boltwoodite, Natroboltwoodite, Oursinite, Swamboite

  • Datolite group:

    • Datolite series: Datolite, Hingganite, Calcybeborosilite

    • Homilite series: Bakerite, Gadolinite, Homilite, Minasgeraisite

  • Hellandite group: Hellandite, Tadzhikite, Mottanaite, Ciprianiite, Piergorite

  • Vicanite group: Vicanite, Hundholmenite, Proshchenkoite

  • Garnet group: Pyrope, Almandine, Spessartine, Grossular, Andradite, Uvarovite, Hydrogrossular

  • Humite group: Norbergite, Chondrodite, Humite, Clinohumite

  • Chloritoid

Sorosilicates

  • Epidote supergroup:

    • Epidote group: Clinozoisite, Epidote, Mukhinite, Piemontite, Piemontite, Manganipiemontite, Zoisite, Tanzanite

    • Allanite group: Allanite, Dissakisite, Ferriallanite, Manganiandrosite, Vanadoandrosite

    • Dollaseite group: Dollaseite, Khristovite

  • Hemimorphite

  • Lawsonite

  • Ilvaite

    • Vesuvianite

Cyclosilicates

    • Tourmaline group: Tourmaline, Foitite, Magnesiofoitite, Rossmanite, Liddicoatite, Uvite, Feruvite,

    • Buergerite, Povondraite, Olenite, Elbaite, Dravite, Chromdravite, Vanadiumdravite

  • Eudialyte group: Carbokentbrooksite, Eudialyte, Feklichevite, Ferrokentbrooksite, Georgbarsanovite, Golyshevite, Ikranite, Johnsenite, Kentbrooksite, Khomyakovite, Manganokhomyakovite, Mogovidite, Oneillite, Raslakite, Rastsvetaevite,Taseqite, Zirsilite-(Ce), Alluaivite, Andrianovite, Aqualite, Dualite, Labyrinthite

  • 3-member ring: Benitoite

    • 6-member ring: Axinite, Beryl/Emerald, Sugilite, Cordierite

Inosilicates

Single chain inosilicates

    • Astrophyllite group: Astrophyllite, Magnesioastrophyllite, Hydroastrophyllite, Niobophyllite, Zircophyllite, Kupletskite, Niobokupletskite

    • Sapphirine supergroup: Khmaralite, Sapphirine, Aenigmatite, Krinovite, Wilkinsonite, Dorrite, Hogtuvaite, Makarochkinite, Rhonite, Serendibite, Welshite, Surinamite

Pyroxene supergroup:

    • Orthopyroxene group: Pyroxene, Donpeacorite, Enstatite, Ferrosilite

    • Clinopyroxene group: Aegirine, Augite, Clinoenstatite, Clinoferrosilite, Diopside, Esseneite, Grossmanite, Hedenbergite, Jadeite, Jervisite, Johannsenite, Kanoite, Kosmochlor, Kushiroite, Namansilite, Natalyite, Petedunnite, Pigeonite, Spodumene

    • Pyroxenoid group: Wollastonite, Rhodonite, Pectolite

Double chain inosilicates

  • Amphibole group: Anthophyllite, Cummingtonite, Grunerite, Tremolite, Actinolite, Hornblende

  • Sodium amphibole group: Glaucophane, Riebeckite (asbestos), Arfvedsonite

Phyllosilicates

    • Clay minerals group: Dickite, Fougèrite, Halloysite, Illite, Kaolinite, Nacrite, Nontronite, Palygorskite, Saponite, Sepiolite, Talc, Montmorillonite, Vermiculite, Pyrophyllite

    • Mica group: Anandite, Annite, Biotite, Celadonite, Clintonite, Glauconite, Illite, Lepidolite, Margarite, Mariposite, Muscovite, Paragonite, Phengite, Phlogopite, Roscoelite, Vermiculite, Zinnwaldite

    • Serpentine group: Amesite, Chrysotile, Cronstedtite, Népouite, Pecoraite, Serpentinite, Antigorite, Lizardite

  • Smectite group: Aliettite, Hectorite, Montmorillonite, Nontronite, Saliotite, Saponite, Sauconite

    • Pyrophyllite-Talc group: Pyrophyllite, Talc

  • Chlorite group: Chlorite Clinochlore, Nimite, Pennantite, Baileychlore, Cookeite, Donbassite, Gonyerite, Odinite, Sudoite, Orthochamosite

Tectosilicates

  • Quartz group: Quartz, Tridymite, Cristobalite, Coesite, Stishovite

  • Feldspar family:

      • Alkali-feldspars (potassium-feldspars): Microcline, Orthoclase, Anorthoclase, Sanidine, Albite

    • Plagioclase feldspars: Albite, Oligoclase, Andesine, Labradorite, Bytownite, Anorthite

  • Feldspathoid family: Nosean, Cancrinite, Leucite, Nepheline, Sodalite, Hauyne, Lazurite

  • Scapolite grop: Marialite, Meionite

  • Zeolite family: Natrolite, Erionite, Chabazite, Heulandite, Stilbite, Scolecite, Mordenite, Gmelinite

  • Analcime

  • Petalite

Main category: Germanium minerals

During the processing of minerals containing silicates, plants use the following types of separation:

References

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicate

  2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classification_of_silicate_minerals

  3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicate_minerals