silicic in a sentence

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1. Their distinguishing feature is a hard mineral shell or frustule composed of opal ( hydrated, polymerized silicic acid ).
2. Diatoms need, among other nutrients, silicic acid to create biogenic silica for their frustules ( cell walls ).
3. The Long Valley volcano is unusual in that it has produced eruptions of both silicic lava in the same geological place.
4. Silicic acid is reputed to be the most natural form of element in the environment and is readily removed by kidneys.
5. Possibly after the ice ages, north of Acamarachi a silicic coulee was erupted on the saddle between Acamarachi and Colachi.
6. Silicic acid is the general name for a family of chemical compounds containing the element silicon attached to oxide and hydroxyl groups.
7. The sponge extracts silicic acid from seawater and converts it into silica, then forms it into an elaborate skeleton of glass fibers.
8. Volcanism in the High Lava Plains is bimodal, having both basaltic ( mafic ) and rhyolitic ( silicic ) types of lava.
9. During Plinian eruptions, pumice and silicic magma is fragmented in the volcanic conduit, because of decompression and the growth of bubbles.
10. The hot spring water contains minerals and trace elements such as strontium, lithium, selenium, and other silicic acid mineral elements.