different between silicate vs jadeite

English

Etymology

From silic(on) +? -ate.

Pronunciation

• enPR: s??l?k?t, IPA^(key): /?s?l?ke?t/
• enPR: s??l?k?t, IPA^(key): /?s?l?k?t/
• enPR: s??l?k?t, IPA^(key): /?s?l?k?t/
• Hyphenation: sili?cate

Noun

silicate (plural silicates)

1. (inorganic chemistry) Any salt of silica or of one of the silicic acids; any mineral composed of silicates

   Hypernym: compound

   Hyponyms: aluminium silicate, aluminum silicate, aluminomagnesian silicate, aluminosilicate, bismuth silicate, borophosphosilicate, calcium magnesium silicate, cerous silicate, cyclosilicate, inosilicate, magnesium aluminium silicate, magnesium aluminum silicate, magnesium silicate, neosilicate, orthosilicate, phosphosilicate, phyllosilicate, pyrosilicate, sodium silicate, sorosilicate, subsilicate, tectosilicate, titanosilicate

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Translations

References

• silicate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ciliates

French

Noun

silicate m (plural silicates)

1. (inorganic chemistry) silicate

English

Etymology

jade +? -ite

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?e?da?t/

Noun

jadeite (countable and uncountable, plural jadeites)

1. (mineralogy) A pyroxene mineral, a sodium aluminium silicate with the chemical formula Na(Al,Fe³⁺)Si₂O₆, found in metamorphic rocks.

Related terms

• jadeitic
• jaditic

Translations

See also

• jadeite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• nephrite

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Jadeite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “jadeite”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.