Question

Differentiate between silicates and silicones

Answer 1

People get confused about the differences between silicon, silicate, silica and even silicone. ... Silicon links up with oxygen (which makes up 55% of the earth's crust) to form the most common suite of minerals, called the silicates. Quartz, feldspars, olivine, micas, thomsonite, jadeite, and prehnite are all silicates.