a white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2); various forms occur widely in the earth's crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or lechatelierite
Type | Words |
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Synonyms | silicon dioxide, silicon oxide |
Type of | oxide |
Has types | flint, silex, chert |
Derivation | siliceous, silicious |
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