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<p>quartz a silicate mineral or an oxide mineral</p>
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<p>Both. The two are not mutually exclusive.</p>
<p>Quartz is an oxide, because it is an oxide of the element silicon.</p>
<p>Quartz is also a silicate, because it is composed of a framework of silicate tetrahedra.</p>

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<p>Different learning resources categorise quartz differently. Strictly speaking, is quartz a silicate mineral or an oxide mineral?</p>

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Quartz mineral category
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# Quartz mineral category

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-03-05)

Different learning resources categorise quartz differently. Strictly speaking, is quartz a silicate mineral or an oxide mineral?

**Tags:** geology, mineralogy


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2021-03-14. Score: 3

> quartz a silicate mineral or an oxide mineral

Both. The two are not mutually exclusive.

Quartz is an oxide, because it is an oxide of the element silicon.

Quartz is also a silicate, because it is composed of a framework of silicate tetrahedra.


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