Quartz [ SiO2 ]

Images of Quartz

Material properties

Formula SiO2
Abbreviation Qz
Variants microcrystalline, pegmatitic, volcanic phenocrysts, granitic, synthetic, smoky, crystalline, metamorphic, glass, rose, hydrothermal, igneous
Classification Silica
Members Amethyst, Flint, Citrine, Agate, Chalcedony, Jasper
Luminescence emitters AlO4, (AlO4)0 hole traps, Dangling non-bridging oxygen ions, Defect, Extrinsic, Fe, FeO4, GeO4, (H3O4)0 hole traps, H4O4, Intrinsic, Intrinsic defect, Mn, NBOHC, Oxygen orbitals?, Reststrahlen, RSC, Self trapped exciton, Si-O, SiO4, SiOm[n-], Ti, TiO4, Unknown, Unspecified, UO2, Vacancy, Vacancy?, Various
Spectra Luminescence (5), Reflectance (3)
IMA Status Approved (IMA 1967 s.p.)
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Related materials Coesite, Cristobalite, Mogánite, Seifertite, Stishovite, Tridymite
Crystal symmetry Amorphous
Tags Mineral, Synthetic, Simple oxide, Simple oxide

Composition

Element Atoms
Si 1
O 2
Total: 3

References for Quartz

Reference
Lines Spectra Images
Alonso et al. 1983 3 0 0
Götze et al. 2005 2 0 0
Grant & White 1978 3 0 0
Gritsenko & Lisitsyn 1985 3 0 0
Götze 2000c 2 2 1
Holness & Watt 2001 3 0 0
Ramseyer and Mullis 1990 2 0 0
Kuznetsov and Tarashchan 1988 14 0 0
Laukamp et al. 2021 9 0 0
Leeman et al. 2012 1 0 0
Luff & Townsend 1990 6 0 0
Moore & Karakus 1994 1 0 0
CSIRO CL spectra 2011 2 1 0
Pejcic et al. 2021 (EP2021-1148) 0 1 0
Perny et al. 1992 2 0 0
Preusser et al. 2009 4 0 0
CSIRO Reflectance (2025) 2 0 0
CSIRO Reflectance 2025b 0 2 0
Remond et al. 1992 3 0 0
Richter et al. 2003 9 0 0
Rink et al. 1993 9 0 0
Sittner et al. 2024 4 0 0
Stevens-Kalceff & Phillips 1995 11 0 0
Tarashchan 1978 11 0 0
Torpy et al. 2020, luminescence 2 2 1

Specimens of Quartz

Name Owner Materials Image Spectra Techniques
C3-300 Magnesio-hornblende / Holmquistite CSIRO Holmquistite, Magnesio-hornblende, Fe2+, Quartz, Titanite 1 Reflectance
M1296 Petalite / Microcline CSIRO Albite, Ca, Microcline, Muscovite-2M1, Orthoclase, Petalite, Quartz 1 Reflectance
M1335 Almandine CSIRO Almandine, Quartz 1 Reflectance
M1591 Phlogopite CSIRO Phlogopite, Phlogopite, Fe, Phlogopite-2M1, Quartz 1 Reflectance
M1597 Zinnwaldite CSIRO Lepidolite-2M1, Quartz, Zinnwaldite, Zinnwaldite-1M 1 Reflectance
M1600 Monazite CSIRO Monazite, Monazite-(Ce), Phlogopite-1M, Quartz 1 Reflectance
M1772 Monazite / Quartz CSIRO Monazite, Monazite-(Ce), Quartz 1 Reflectance
M1850 Quartz / Eucryptite / Cookeite CSIRO Clinochlore, Fe, Cookeite, Eucryptite, Kaolinite, poorly crystalline, Quartz 1 Reflectance
M2027 Lepidolite / Muscovite CSIRO Lepidolite, Lepidolite-1M, Lepidolite-2M1, Muscovite-2M1, Quartz 2 Reflectance
M2098 Siderite CSIRO Quartz, Siderite 1 Reflectance
M2101 Pollucite CSIRO Orthoclase, Pollucite, Quartz 1 Reflectance
M2514 Spessartine CSIRO Galena, Quartz, Spessartine 1 Reflectance
M2532 Topaz CSIRO Quartz, Topaz 1 Reflectance
M2823 Petalite CSIRO Petalite, Quartz 1 Reflectance
M2843 Quartz / Eucryptite CSIRO Clinochlore, Fe, Cookeite, Eucryptite, Kaolinite, poorly crystalline, Prehnite, Quartz 1 Reflectance
MCU_EPI_1 Epidote CSIRO Albite, Clinochlore, Fe, Epidote, Magnetite, Quartz 2 Reflectance
MES123 Pollucite CSIRO Orthoclase, Pollucite, Quartz 1 Reflectance
MES126 Danburite CSIRO Calcite, Danburite, Quartz 1 Reflectance
MES177 Tremolite / Actinolite NVCL, AuScope Limited Actinolite, Clinochlore, Fe, Quartz, Tremolite 2 Reflectance
MES204 Pollucite CSIRO Pollucite, Quartz 1 Reflectance
MES300 Microcline / Cookeite / Albite CSIRO Albite, Cookeite, Microcline, Muscovite-1M, Muscovite-2M1, Quartz 1 Reflectance
MES301 Danburite CSIRO Calcite, Danburite, Dundasite, Quartz 1 Reflectance
NR-ACT-02 Actinolite CSIRO Actinolite, Clinochlore, Fe, Magnetite, Quartz, Tremolite 2 Reflectance
NRCHE01 Quartz CSIRO Quartz 1 Reflectance
PSP_B Beryl CSIRO Beryl, Quartz 1 Reflectance