Most abundant minerals on Earth
- Who
- Silicates
- What
- 95 percentage
- When
- 01 January 0001
The most abundant minerals on Earth are the silicates (formed with silicon and oxygen), which account for about 95% of the planet's crust. This explains why oxygen (a colourless gas indicated by the jar in the picture to the right) forms such a large part around 46% of the mass of the crust.