SILICATE • DICCIONARIO INGLES.COM • Definition of Silicate

... contain carbonates of lime and magnesia; silica, alumina, and oxides of iron; and of— Copper (metallic) . . . .5.72 per cent. b. A portion of the copper mineral, from which the rock or vein-stuff had been detached as far as practicable, was found to consist of impure hydrated silicate of copper (bluish-green chrysocolla) and carbonate of copper. It was assayed and found to contain of— Copper (metallic) . . . .23.14 ...

— The Land of Midian, Vol. 1 • Richard Burton

... definite plan was evidently followed, the distances between the alignments tallying exactly; the menhirs being set up in straight parallel lines gradually decreasing in size towards the east. Excavations near them have brought to light fragments of charcoal, masses of cinders, chips of silicate of flint, with numerous fragments of pottery, and tools made of quartzite, granite, schist, and diorite, similar to those met with under all the other megaliths of Morbihan. This is yet another proof, if such were needed, that they were ...

— Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples • The Marquis de Nadaillac