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Silica sand the primary ore source of silicon is abundant and easy to process Silica minerals are referred by quartzite tridymite metamorphic rock cristobalite and minerals such as polymorphs of silica The combination of silicon and oxygen is called silicate and 90% of earth s crust is made of silicate minerals Clays and silica sand are silicate minerals that are used in