@article{Housecroft_2020, title={Silicates, Aluminosilicates and Biogenic Silica: Chemical Education}, volume={74}, url={https://www.chimia.ch/chimia/article/view/2020_1022}, DOI={10.2533/chimia.2020.1022}, abstractNote={ Silicate and aluminosilicate minerals are hugely important in the Earth’s crust; this article introduces three mineral classes and describes the origins of biogenic silica. }, number={12}, journal={CHIMIA}, author={Housecroft, Catherine E.}, year={2020}, month={Dec.}, pages={1022} }