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The mineral majority that built your planet from silicon and oxygen, no apologies.
means A vast family of minerals made of silicon-oxygen tetrahedra, forming most of Earth's crust and rocks.
from From Latin silex, flint or hard stone — the stuff you'd strike sparks from before lighters existed.
Crust rulerOver 90 percent of Earth's crust is silicate.
Building blockOne silicon, four oxygens, infinite arrangements.
Glass rootsWindow glass is essentially melted silica, a silicate cousin.
Quartz familyQuartz, mica, feldspar all share the tetrahedron blueprint.