Quartz [ SiO2 ]

Images of Quartz

Material properties

Formula SiO2
Abbreviation Qz
Variants crystalline, smoky, pegmatitic, granitic, volcanic phenocrysts, microcrystalline, igneous, rose, synthetic, metamorphic, glass, hydrothermal
Classification Silica
Members Flint, Chalcedony, Jasper, Amethyst, Agate, Citrine
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.)
Search other databases webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database
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 Phase purity Image Spectra Techniques
M1651 Quartz CSIRO Quartz (100.0%) 100.0 0 —
M0054 Quartz CSIRO Quartz (97.5%) 97.5 0 —
M1309 Quartz CSIRO Beryl, Quartz (96.5%) 96.5 0 —
M0367 Quartz CSIRO Arsenopyrite, Quartz (95.9%) 95.9 0 —
MES200 Quartz CSIRO Dolomite, Labradorite, Microcline, Orthoclase, Quartz (93.0%) 93.0 0 —
M1641 Quartz / Scheelite CSIRO Fluorapatite, Quartz (84.7%), Scheelite 84.7 0 —
M2753 Quartz CSIRO Azurite, Goethite, Al, Muscovite-1M, Muscovite-2M1, Quartz (84.3%) 84.3 0 —
M0158 Quartz CSIRO Chalcocite, low, Copper, Cuprite, Quartz (82.4%) 82.4 0 —
NR-CHE-01 Quartz / Muscovite CSIRO Muscovite-1M, Muscovite-2M1, Quartz (77.7%) 77.7 0 —
M0217 Quartz / Molybdenite CSIRO Molybdenite-2H, Quartz (75.8%) 75.8 0 —
M1850 Quartz / Eucryptite / Cookeite CSIRO Clinochlore, Fe, Cookeite, Eucryptite, Kaolinite, poorly crystalline, Quartz (68.0%) 68.0 1 Reflectance
M0154 Quartz / Copper CSIRO Cobaltite, Copper, Cuprite, Gold, Muscovite-1M, Muscovite-2M1, Quartz (65.4%) 65.4 0 —
M0631 Quartz / Hematite CSIRO Hematite, Magnetite, Quartz (61.2%) 61.2 0 —
M2474 Quartz / Azurite CSIRO Azurite, Cristobalite, Microcline, Quartz (61.2%) 61.2 0 —
M2032 Quartz / Hematite / Goethite CSIRO Goethite, Hematite, Malachite, Quartz (60.3%) 60.3 0 —
M2456 Quartz / Jarosite CSIRO Goethite, Jarosite, Natrojarosite, Quartz (58.8%) 58.8 0 —
M1366 Quartz / Schorl CSIRO Quartz (57.1%), Schorl 57.1 0 —
M0189 Quartz / Stibnite CSIRO Quartz (56.9%), Stibnite 56.9 0 —
M0939 Quartz / Azurite CSIRO Azurite, Microcline, Quartz (55.3%) 55.3 0 —
M0777 Quartz / Goethite CSIRO Goethite, Hematite, Quartz (53.3%) 53.3 0 —
M0180 Quartz / Scheelite CSIRO Quartz (52.2%), Scheelite 52.2 0 —
M0480 Quartz / Clinoatacamite / Aragonite CSIRO Aragonite, Atacamite, Clinoatacamite, Cuprite, Malachite, Quartz (51.4%) 51.4 0 —
M0204 Quartz / Arsenopyrite CSIRO Arsenopyrite, Galena, Löllingite, Quartz (48.4%), Sphalerite 48.4 0 —
M2096 Quartz / Ankerite CSIRO Ankerite, Arsenopyrite, Fluorapatite, Muscovite-2M1, Pyrite, Quartz (47.9%), Scheelite 47.9 0 —
M0214 Molybdenite / Quartz CSIRO Molybdenite-2H, Quartz (46.5%) 46.5 0 —