Silicon Life Forms at Life

Silicon Life Forms. Silicon and carbon are chemically very similar, both can form up to four chemical bonds. Some poorly crystalline forms of quartz are also known, such as chalcedony, chrysoprase, carnelian, agate, onyx, jasper, heliotrope, and flint.

Could there be life based on silicon rather than carbon?who could forget the memorable horta from the famous star trek episode “the devil in the dark” or. The life form is female and lives in the planet janus iv, below a federation mining facility. Earth’s life silicon biochemistry is extremely chemically limited.

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Basically, silicon is found in sand and rock. Although this is a lifeform, an individual, it is not a form of life. Well, although many carbon based life forms use silicon (nettles' needles, plankton skeletons or. On earth, silicon is far, far, far more prevalent than carbon.