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
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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classification_of_silicate_minerals
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicate_minerals