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+require("silica-recipe")
+require("silicon-recipe")
+
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diff --git a/locale/en/silicon.cfg b/locale/en/silicon.cfg
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+[entity-name]
+silica=Silica
+silicon=Silicon
+
+[item-name]
+silica=Silica
+silicon=Silicon
+
+[item-description]
+silica=Can be used directly or processed further.
+silicon=Needed for various electrical and electronic applications
+
+[technology-name]
+silica-processing=Silica processing
+silicon-processing=Silicon processing
+
+[technology-description]
+silica-processing=Process stone brick into silica.
+silicon-processing=Process silica insto silcon.
+
+[recipe-name]
+silica=__ITEM__Silica__
+silicon=__ITEM__Silicon__
diff --git a/silica-recipe.lua b/silica-recipe.lua
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+-- Silica
+data:extend(
+{
+  {
+    type = "recipe",
+    name = "silica",
+    category = "smelting",
+    normal = 
+    {
+      enabled = false,
+      energy_required = 3.2,
+      ingredients = {{"stone-brick", 1}},
+      result = "silica",
+      result_count = 5
+    },
+    expensive =
+    {
+      enabled = false,
+      energy_required = 6.4,
+      ingredients = {{"stone-brick", 2}},
+      result = "silica",
+      result_count = 5
+    },
+    
+  },
+  {
+    type = "item",
+    name = "silica",
+    icon = "__bzsilicon__/graphics/icons/silica.png",
+    icon_size = 64,
+    subgroup = "raw-material",
+    order = "b[silica]",
+    stack_size = 100
+  },
+  {
+    type = "technology",
+    name = "silica-processing",
+    icon_size = 128,
+    icon = "__bzsilicon__/graphics/icons/silica-processing.png",
+    effects =
+    {
+      {
+        type = "unlock-recipe",
+        recipe = "silica"
+      }
+    },
+    unit =
+    {
+      count = 10,
+      ingredients =
+      {
+        {"automation-science-pack", 1},
+      },
+      time = 30
+    },
+    order = "b-b"
+  },
+}
+)
diff --git a/silicon-recipe.lua b/silicon-recipe.lua
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+-- Silicon
+data:extend(
+{
+  {
+    type = "recipe",
+    name = "silicon",
+    category = "smelting",
+    normal = 
+    {
+      enabled = false,
+      energy_required = 3.2,
+      ingredients = {{"silica", 10}},
+      result = "silicon",
+      result_count = 1
+    },
+    expensive =
+    {
+      enabled = false,
+      energy_required = 3.2,
+      ingredients = {{"silica", 10}},
+      result = "silicon",
+      result_count = 1
+    },
+    
+  },
+  {
+    type = "item",
+    name = "silicon",
+    icon = "__bzsilicon__/graphics/icons/silicon.png",
+    icon_size = 64,
+    subgroup = "raw-material",
+    order = "b[silica]",
+    stack_size = 100
+  },
+  {
+    type = "technology",
+    name = "silicon-processing",
+    icon_size = 128,
+    icon = "__bzsilicon__/graphics/icons/silicon-processing.png",
+    effects =
+    {
+      {
+        type = "unlock-recipe",
+        recipe = "silicon"
+      }
+    },
+    unit =
+    {
+      count = 100,
+      ingredients =
+      {
+        {"automation-science-pack", 1},
+        {"logistic-science-pack", 1},
+      },
+      time = 30
+    },
+    prerequisites = {"silica-processing"},
+    order = "b-b"
+  },
+}
+)
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