Quartz [ SiO2 ]

Images of Quartz

Material properties

Formula SiO2
Abbreviation Qz
Variants granitic, crystalline, volcanic phenocrysts, igneous, glass, pegmatitic, metamorphic, microcrystalline, synthetic, hydrothermal, smoky, rose
Classification Silica
Members Chalcedony, Flint, Citrine, Agate, Jasper, Amethyst
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 (5)
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. 2022 (EP2022-5804) 0 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 3 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

Specimens of Quartz

Name Owner Materials Phase purity Image Spectra Techniques
M1651 Chrysocolla CSIRO Chrysocolla, Quartz (100.0%) 100.0 0 —
M0054 Gold in Quartz CSIRO Gold, Quartz (97.5%) 97.5 0 —
M1309 Beryl CSIRO Beryl, Quartz (96.5%) 96.5 0 —
M0367 Arsenopyrite in Quartz CSIRO Arsenopyrite, Quartz (95.9%) 95.9 0 —
MES200 Quartz CSIRO Dolomite, Labradorite, Microcline, Orthoclase, Quartz (93.0%) 93.0 0 —
M1641 Scheelite in Quartz CSIRO Fluorapatite, Quartz (84.7%), Scheelite 84.7 0 —
M2753 Azurite CSIRO Azurite, Goethite, Al, Muscovite, Muscovite-1M, Muscovite-2M1, Quartz (84.3%) 84.3 0 —
M0158 Copper CSIRO Chalcocite, low, Copper, Cuprite, Quartz (82.4%) 82.4 0 —
NR-CHE-01 Quartz CSIRO Muscovite, Muscovite-1M, Muscovite-2M1, Quartz (77.7%) 77.7 0 —
M0217 Molybdenite CSIRO Molybdenite-2H, Quartz (75.8%) 75.8 0 —
M1850 Eucryptite CSIRO Clinochlore, Fe, Cookeite, Eucryptite, Kaolinite, poorly crystalline, Quartz (68.0%) 68.0 1 Reflectance
M0154 Copper CSIRO Cobaltite, Copper, Cuprite, Gold, Muscovite-1M, Muscovite-2M1, Quartz (65.4%) 65.4 0 —
M0631 Hematite CSIRO Hematite, Magnetite, Quartz (61.2%) 61.2 0 —
M2474 Azurite balls CSIRO Azurite, Cristobalite, Microcline, Quartz (61.2%) 61.2 0 —
M2032 Malachite CSIRO Goethite, Hematite, Malachite, Quartz (60.3%) 60.3 0 —
M2456 Jarosite CSIRO Goethite, Jarosite, Natrojarosite, Quartz (58.8%) 58.8 0 —
M1366 Tourmaline (Schorl) CSIRO Quartz (57.1%), Schorl 57.1 0 —
M0189 Stibnite CSIRO Quartz (56.9%), Stibnite 56.9 0 —
M0939 Azurite balls CSIRO Azurite, Microcline, Quartz (55.3%) 55.3 0 —
M0777 Goethite CSIRO Goethite, Hematite, Quartz (53.3%) 53.3 0 —
M0180 Scheelite CSIRO Quartz (52.2%), Scheelite 52.2 0 —
M0480 Atacamite CSIRO Aragonite, Atacamite, Clinoatacamite, Cuprite, Malachite, Quartz (51.4%) 51.4 0 —
M0204 Arsenopyrite CSIRO Arsenopyrite, Galena, Löllingite, Quartz (48.4%), Sphalerite 48.4 0 —
M2096 Scheelite CSIRO Ankerite, Arsenopyrite, Fluorapatite, Muscovite-2M1, Pyrite, Quartz (47.9%), Scheelite 47.9 0 —
M0214 Molybdenite CSIRO Molybdenite-2H, Quartz (46.5%) 46.5 0 —