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      - pectolite (5)
      - wollastonite (4)
    - xonotlite (1)
  - framework silicates
    - cancrinite (1)
    - feldspar group
      - alkali feldspar
        
        K-feldspar (2)
        
        microcline (4)
        
        orthoclase (1)
        
        perthite (1)
        
        sanidine (1)
      - plagioclase
        
        albite (4)
        
        anorthite (2)
    - nepheline group
      - nepheline (2)
    - scapolite group
      - scapolite (1)
    - silica minerals
      - coesite (2)
      - quartz (42)
      - stishovite (1)
    - zeolite group
      - analcime (2)
      - stilbite (1)
      - yugawaralite (1)
  - orthosilicates
    - nesosilicates
      - andalusite (1)
      - braunite (7)
      - britholite group
        
        britholite (2)
      - chloritoid (1)
      - datolite group
        
        datolite (2)
      - garnet group
        
        almandine (4)
        
        andradite (2)
        
        grossular (3)
        
        hydrogarnet
        
        hydrogrossular (2)
        
        majorite (3)
        
        pyrope (7)
        
        spessartine (2)
        
        uvarovite (3)
      - grandidierite (1)
      - kyanite (2)
      - mullite (2)
      - olivine group
        
        fayalite (2)
        
        forsterite (4)
        
        olivine (21)
        
        ringwoodite (1)
      - sillimanite (5)
      - titanite group
        
        titanite (9)
      - zircon group
        
        coffinite (3)
        
        thorite (1)
        
        zircon (98)
    - sorosilicates
      - barylite (1)
      - bertrandite (1)
      - epidote group
        
        allanite (1)
        
        epidote (2)
      - kornerupine (1)
      - melilite group
        
        melilite (1)
      - pumpellyite group
        
        pumpellyite (1)
      - vesuvianite (5)
      - zunyite (1)
  - ring silicates
    - beryl (1)
    - cordierite (2)
    - emerald (3)
    - eudialyte (2)
    - milarite group
      - osumilite (2)
    - tourmaline group (3)
  - sheet silicates
    - apophyllite (1)
    - chlorite group
      - chlorite (8)
    - clay minerals
      - kaolinite (9)
      - nacrite (1)
      - smectite (6)
      - vermiculite (4)
    - gillespite (1)
    - gyrolite (1)
    - illite (7)
    - margarite (2)
    - mica group
      - biotite (10)
      - glauconite (2)
      - muscovite (9)
      - paragonite (1)
      - phlogopite (18)
    - pyrophyllite (5)
    - rectorite (1)
    - sepiolite (2)
    - serpentine group
      - antigorite (1)
      - chrysotile (4)
      - cronstedtite (1)
      - lizardite (1)
      - serpentine (5)