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Most of the rocks contain Silicates as the basic material, silicates are anions containing Silicon and oxygen and in combination with metallic cations mostly Calcium and Magnesium. These are the basics, but there are hundreds of different kinds.

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There are quite a few but limestone CaCO3 is quite common.

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Silicon dioxide is the most abundant in the Earth crust.

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sodium chloride, NaCl

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