Copper silicate may refer to any silicate of copper generally; more specifically:
- Minerals
- Apachite, a copper silicate mineral with a general formula of Cu9Si10O29·11H2O
- Dioptase, a cyclosilicate mineral - CuSiO3·H2O
- Gilalite, a copper silicate mineral with chemical composition of Cu5Si6O17·7(H2O).
- Plancheite, a hydrated copper silicate mineral with the formula Cu8Si8O22(OH)4•(H2O)
- Shattuckite, a copper silicate hydroxide mineral with formula Cu5(SiO3)4(OH)2
- Chrysocolla is a hydrated copper phyllosilicate mineral (with aluminum) with formula: Cu2−xAlx(H2−xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O (x<1)
- Mixed metal copper silicate minerals
- Abswurmbachite, a copper manganese silicate mineral
- Ajoite is a hydrated sodium potassium copper aluminium silicate hydroxide mineral
- Ashburtonite, a rare lead copper silicate-bicarbonate mineral
- Iranite (Persian: ایرانیت), a lead copper chromate silicate mineral
- Kinoite, a copper silicate mineral with calcium
- Larimar, also called "Stefilia's Stone", is a rare blue variety of the silicate mineral pectolite that contains copper
- Papagoite, rare cyclosilicate mineral - calcium copper aluminium silicate hydroxide
- Scottyite, a barium copper silicate
- Pigments
- Egyptian blue, also known as calcium copper silicate or cuprorivaite, a pigment used in ancient Egypt
- Han purple and Han blue, also called Chinese purple and Chinese blue, synthetic barium copper silicate pigments developed in China and used in ancient and imperial China onwards
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