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What is the adjective for silicyne?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb silicify which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

silicified
  1. combined with silicon
  2. impregnated with silica; petrified
silician
  1. (mineralogy) Describing minerals containing silicon (especially when this replaces another element)
siliceous
  1. (chemistry) Of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling silica or silicates.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The lower series consists of alternating basalt lava, tuff breccia, tufite, and siliceous rock, whereas the upper one is dominated by diabase.”
      “Uvarovite is formed from the metamorphism of impure siliceous limestones and some other rocks that contain chromium.”
      “We collected excellent crystals of tetrahedrite to 5 mm scattered on drusy quartz from a zone in the siliceous envelope of the orebody.”
silicatian
  1. (mineralogy) Describing minerals containing silicate anions
silicofluoric
  1. (chemistry) Containing, or composed of, silicon and fluorine.
silicicalcareous
  1. (rare) Consisting of silica and calcareous matter.
  2. Synonyms:
silicotic
  1. Of, relating to, or affected with silicosis.
silicated
  1. (inorganic chemistry) Containing silicate or silica
silicious
  1. Alternative spelling of siliceous
siliciuretted
  1. (chemistry) Combined or impregnated with silicon.
silicic
  1. of, related to, or derived from silica
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The silicic rocks are interpreted as crustal melts resulting from intrusion of mafic magmas.”
      “In geothermal waters, hydrogen sulphide, silicic acid, and boric acid may also be important.”
      “Thus, the surface to volume ratio should be related to silicic acid flows in size-based biogeochemical models of planktonic ecosystems.”
siliciferous
  1. yielding or bearing silica
  2. Examples:
    1. “In general, the mature endosperm shows a protein-rich outer layer and exotegmic cells have a zigzag pattern, while the exotesta is siliciferous.”
siliconlike
  1. (chemistry) Resembling silicon.
silicited
  1. (obsolete) silicified
silicifying
  1. present participle of silicify
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