Silicate

I-Basalt ene- olivine, iSiqithi esikhulu, eHawaii.

I- Silicates yiklasi yamaminerali ebonakaliswe kubukho beqela le-tetrahedral (SiO ₄ ) ^4- .Igama elithi silicates laqala lamkelwa ngusokhemisti waseSweden uJöns Jacob Berzelius.

Ioksijini kunye nesilicon zezona zinto zininzi kuqweqwe loMhlaba (46.6% kunye ne-27.7% ngobunzima, ngokulandelelana) kwaye oku kwenza ii-silicates zibe zezona minerali zixhaphake kakhulu eMhlabeni (ngaphezu kwama-90%). Oku kwenzeka ngaphakathi kwi-igneous, metamorphic kunye namatye e-sedimentary.