Talk:Biogenic silica

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Terrestrial biogenic silica[edit]

Why is the article almost entirely about marine silica? The silica content of land plants used for feeding livestock is of some significance to agriculture, for example. 99.118.9.187 (talk) 17:27, 11 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

metal??[edit]

"Silica is an amorphous metal oxide", say what? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.71.145.8 (talk) 18:15, 26 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]