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VARIOUS MINERALS
Submitted by Erika Mae Clacio
QUARTZ
NAME: Quartz
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION: SiO2
CHEMICAL CLASSIFICATION: Silicate
COLOR: Occurs in almost every color
STREAK: Colorless
LUSTER: Vitreous
HARDNESS: 7
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: 2.6 to 2.7
CRYSTAL SYSTEM: Hexagonal
FRACTURE: Conchoidal
USES: Glass making, abrasive, foundry sand,
hydraulic fracturing proppant, gemstones