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Silicate vs Pyrosmalite - What's the difference?

silicate | pyrosmalite |

As nouns the difference between silicate and pyrosmalite

is that silicate is while pyrosmalite is (mineralogy) a mineral, usually of a pale brown or grey-greenish colour, consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of iron and manganese.

silicate

English

(wikipedia silicate)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) Any salt of silica or of one of the silicic acids; any mineral composed of silicates

    • Derived terms

    * aluminio-silicate * aluminium silicate, aluminum silicate * aluminomagnesian silicate * aluminosilicate * bismuth silicate * borosilicate * borophosphosilicate * calcium magnesium silicate * cerous silicate * cyclosilicate * disilicate * fluosilicate * inosilicate * magnesium aluminium silicate, magnesium aluminum silicate * magnesium silicate * metasilicate * neosilicate * orthosilicate * phosphosilicate * phyllosilicate * pyrosilicate * silicate board * silicate cotton * silicate paint * sodium silicate * sorosilicate * subsilicate * tectosilicate * titano-silicate * tungstosilicate

    Related terms

    * silica * silicon

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    pyrosmalite

    English

    Noun

  • (mineralogy) A mineral, usually of a pale brown or grey-greenish colour, consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of iron and manganese.
    • (Webster 1913)