PREFERENCES:

https://geology.com/minerals/quartz.shtml
https://flexiblelearning.auckland.ac.nz/rocks_minera
QUARTZ- is a chemical compound ls/minerals/quartz.html
consisting of one part silicon and two https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartz
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parts oxygen. It is silicon dioxide https://sciencing.com/quartz-extracted-
(SiO2). It is the most abundant 8700692.html
mineral  found at Earth's surface, and
its unique properties make it one of
the most useful natural substances.

 The most abundant mineral’s on

Earth’s surface.
 It forms in a crystal structure.
 Alone it is colorless transparent
material
 It has unique electrical power.

Quartz are forms as magma cools. Like

water turning into ice, silicon dioxide will
crystallize as it cools. Slow cooling
generally allows the crystals to grow
larger. Quartz that grows from silica-rich
water forms in a similar way.
 Where is Quartz found?
Physical Properties of
Quartz  Quartz can be found in all
types of rocks. Sedimentary, Quartz makes an .n
Chemical Silicate . Igneous and Metamorphic .
excellent gemstone.
Classification . all contain traces of Quartz. It is hard, durable,
Quartz occurs in virtually  Some sources and usually accepts claim that
every color. Common Quartz can be found a brilliant polish.
colors are clear, white, everywhere on earth.
Color
gray, purple, yellow,  Quartz is usually mined .
brown, black, pink, from veins within rocks.
green, red.
Quartz sand is used
Colorless (harder than in the production of
Streak the streak plate) container glass, flat
 Brazil hosts the plate glass, specialty
Luster Vitreous largest amount of types glass and fiber glass.
of quartz found to date.
Diaphaneity Transparent to
translucent

None - typically breaks

Quartz sands and finely
Cleavage with a conchoidal
ground silica sand are
fracture
used for san blasting,
scouring cleansers,
Mohs 7 grinding media, and grit
for sanding and sawing.
Hardness
Specific 2.6 to 2.7
Gravity
Diagnostic Conchoidal fracture,
Properties glassy luster, hardness
Quartz sand has a high
Quartz are extracted from open pits. Miners resistance to being crushed.
only use explosives on rare occasions when Sand slurries are forced down
they need to expose a deep SiO2
Chemical seam of quartz. oil and gas wells under very high
Mining operations use bulldozers and
Composition pressures, which causes
backhoes to remove soil and clay, and expose fractures and those fractures
Crystalthe quartz crystal veins
System in the rock.
Hexagonal facilitate the flow of natural gas
into the well bore.